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In an attempt to curb the menace of internet fraudster popularly known as “Yahoo Yahoo” especially among youths and teenage boys in Okene Local Government, the Chairman of the local government council, Engr. Abdulrazaq Muhammad acting on actionable intelligence, constitutes joint security task force with a charge to flush out these abominable and alien criminalities from the local government area.
The alleged activities of these criminals include but not limited to hacking of citizen’s bank & social media account details and using same to commit financial crime, posing as fake spiritual consultants with intent to dubiously obtain money from unsuspecting members of the public, harvesting and selling of vital human organs, cultism, kidnapping and killing of victims especially young girls among other criminal acts.
Unfortunately, these evil doers found some identified areas, residential buildings and hotels within Okene local government as comfortable zones for their criminal operation.
He advise parents, community leaders and ward heads to step up their game and regularly scrutinize the activities of their children, residents and visitors to the community respectively. The council boss also directed hotel owners to be vigilante and report any suspected customer to the nearest security outfit.
The chairman however commended the Security Joint Taskforce saying their work has yielded positive results as no fewer than 27 persons have so far been arrested within few days of operation.
Abdulmumin Abubakar
Special Adviser to the Chairman
(Media & Publicity)
May 18, 2023
