Nigeria is a socially observed country, the way you appear pass message than contents of your character in Nigeria, and a particular lifestyle is tagged “rugged” or fraud(yahoo) related which makes it hard for innocent citizens to express themselves, which seem like citizens’ privacies are invaded.
Since cybercrime (yahoo) came into the mainstream, many people have been scammed, through businesses, relationships or international visas. And many have fall the victims on countless occasions, depriving them their livelihoods and Nigerians are dragged on this, as the highest peddlers of this crime.
The Instagram sensation and high-taste fashion crave Raymond Abass, better known as Hushpuppi from Nigeria has been under the custody of FBI after been charged with money laundering and cybercrime and had been extradite from Dubai to US for legal actions and advance investigation.
You don’t have any alibi for going into illegal means of earning, while the culprits put the blame on harsh economy with leaders doing nothing to turn things around. This has seen young people going into cybercrime and love scam with defrauding their victims, into sending money to them for some reasons.
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been watchdogs over the cybercrime to apprehend culprits and bring them to book. The tricksters operate with laptops and expensive GSM for security sufficient, driving expensive cars with dreadlocks as hair style.
These have put tension in the country with citizens’ lifestyle under scrutiny, anybody finds dressing like these fraudsters(yahoo boys) will be stopped by Special Anti Robbery Squad(SARS) for further interrogation which the citizens are not comfortable with, everyone is not a defrauder but this special squad cannot take their chances as they go hard on citizens.
Personal lifestyle has come under threat in Nigeria as young people are placed under continuous check by government agencies to help curb cybercrime crime in the country and across by apprehending defrauders in Nigeria, and hotels have been their rendezvous to carry out the swindling activities.
Citizens have been constantly pulled over by these agencies, on many occasions they got it wrong by seeking to check and access one’s cell phone which is going out of the context and lack any legal back up, you can’t forcefully invading in citizens’ lifestyle and privacy, the menace of SARS have caused untimely deaths to young people, and concerned citizens are protesting to end SARS.
Rich and young is now crime crime in Nigeria, they could have been a better and more advanced way to go about it without violating the right of the citizens. Recently on social media a young woman who was accused by SARS for harbouring defrauders (yahoo boys) and force to happen her door, and SARS have access to her room by forcefully breaking her door, she was made to dress in front of them after seen completely unclad. The way they are operating is completely uncivilized.
Unlawful stop is a trespass and violation to one’s right, anybody could not be possible a gentleman, some dress reckless but than doesn’t make them defrauders, they should be more advanced way to go about this, and stop killing of young Nigerians, as search for fraudsters (yahoo boys).
