The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says plans are underway to rehabilitate convicted internet fraudsters.Chairman of the Commission, Ola
Olukoyede said this when a delegation of the National Association of University Students visited him on Thursday in Abuja.
According to him, the commission is doing what it is doing in the interest of the youths.
He said, “We have a plan to rehabilitate convicted internet fraudsters with lesser sentences. The plan is to work with the correctional centre to make them useful and more productive in society.
“When you think deeply, that tag ‘ex-convict’ is not a good thing. You can never tell where you will find yourself tomorrow, and they will want to profile you and discover that you are an ex-convict.
“So, it is even in the interest of the youth that the EFCC is doing what it is doing to prevent them from indulging in the heinous act of cybercrime.
“The issue of dichotomies of associations is disturbing. Regulate yourselves and the society will take you more seriously.”
