{"id":26193,"date":"2020-06-13T17:34:08","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T17:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=26193"},"modified":"2020-06-15T19:00:15","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T19:00:15","slug":"efcc-says-its-not-involved-in-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-says-its-not-involved-in-arrest","title":{"rendered":"EFCC says it\u2019s not involved in arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/EFCC\/\">Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)<\/a>\u00a0has denied its involvement in the arrest of popular Instagram celebrity, Ramon Igbalode, better known on social media as Hushpuppi.<\/p>\n<p>The acting chairman of the anti-graft agency, Ibrahim Magu revealed this on Friday in an interview with TVC but however said that if INTERPOL provides details, they\u2019ll be ready to assist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are yet to be involved in the case of Hushpuppi, but if they happen to give us this thing (details) we would assist.\u201d Magu said<\/p>\n<p>The EFCC boss also denied allegations that the agency is mostly interested in the arrest and prosecution of internet fraudsters claiming that the Commission also rehabilitates the suspects arrested for internet fraud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not all about arresting, prosecuting and chasing internet fraudsters, and taking away the proceeds of their crime, but we are also trying to see whether we can rehabilitate them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause most of these boys are either undergraduate or graduate from higher institutions, so they can be better people to our country. The menace of Yahoo boys is also a course of concern; we are collaborating with other law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYahoo boys have an association with their mothers who do not feel what their children are doing is a crime actually.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is called the \u201cYahoo Yahoo Mothers Association, a situation where the mother would go abroad and the child would stay there and help them syphon funds from credit card fraud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)\u00a0has denied its involvement in the arrest of popular Instagram celebrity, Ramon Igbalode, better known on social media as Hushpuppi. 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