Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Timi Frank, on Monday, called on the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, to prevail on the nation’s anti-corruption agencies to clampdown on politicians he identified as ‘Yahoo Yahoo.’
Frank, while commending FBI and other international security agencies, alleged that the ‘Yahoo politicians’ in Nigeria were actually responsible for the breeding of internet fraudsters known as ‘Yahoo Yahoo boys’ in the country.
In a statement he personally signed and forwarded to us, Frank insisted that most of the “Yahoo Yahoo” politicians are currently in the present administration.
The former APC deputy spokesperson cited a situation where a governor, minister or any other government appointee who was nowhere financially before they get into public office, suddenly become stupendously affluent after their tenure in that office.
He said until the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the ICPC stopped protecting ‘Yahoo politicians’, both in government and out of government, it will be difficult to discourage the prevalence of internet fraud being perpetrated by some young Nigerians.
He said: “The ‘Yahoo politicians’ are the role models of these ‘Yahoo Yahoo Boys.’ Those in government today are not immune. They have turned Nigeria to the capital of poverty in the world.
“The ‘Yahoo’ appointees and governors will throw elaborate parties and dinners once they assume public office because they see it as an opportunity to loot the treasury.
