Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman Ola Olukoyede has clarified that he never said six out of every ten Nigerian students are cybercriminals, insisting that his words were taken out of context and that his actual statement was far more specific.
Speaking in a media coverage on Channels TV from 7:49, Olukoyede said, “Yesterday I was addressing a committee of pro-chancellors of universities, and I made a statement that the media took out of context this morning. I was trying to draw an analogy about our young Nigerians, the people we expect to hold the fort for tomorrow, and I shared an example of what I have seen in the course of my investigations. But I did not call six out of ten Nigerian students criminals. No, I would not have done that. What I said was: based on the intelligence we gathered, for every ten students that we investigated, we discovered that six were found culpable. Yes, the record is there.”
Olukoyede said the findings prompted him to reflect on whether jailing large numbers of young Nigerians was the most constructive response, leading the commission to explore empowerment initiatives with government support as an alternative path
He stressed that the EFCC’s broader goal is not to criminalise Nigerian youth but to build a society where integrity is the norm across all segments of the population…Read_More…