….Says Parents, Hoteliers Who Encourage ‘Yahoo Boys’ Will Be Dealt With Henceforth
By Temitope Adedeji, Akure
Commander of Ondo State Security Agency (Amotekun), Akogun Adetunji Adeleye has warned hoteliers in the state to desist from giving accommodation to yahoo boys and other ritualists.
He said their cooperation is needed by the state government in its efforts to curtail the activities of fraudsters in the state.
Adeleye, who is also the Special Adviser to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on Security Matters, lamented the activities of the yahoo boys, which include indulgence in various unwholesome and devilish acts for quick wealth.
He noted that the agency invited prominent hoteliers recently to a meeting because of the information received that students take over rooms in major hotels for a whole year and would not allow hotel staff clean their rooms, so, people don’t know what is happening in the rooms.
“The dastardly acts of yahoo boys and increasing rate of ritual killings are fast becoming the order of the day, which the government will no longer tolerate.
“It is worrisome to note that most of the ladies they took into their rooms were butchered for ritual purposes and the rooms cleaned up.
“We told them (hotel owners) the implications that they would be made to face the consequences if they notice the attitude of any of these youths and fail to report to the appropriate authorities.
“How would you explain a 21-year-old boy paying N2,000,000 hotel bill for 10 rooms for himself or anybody to use or sleep for over a week? You should know that he is up to something.
“These are the activities that we feel the hoteliers should assist us with. Looking forward to the solution, I want to say that majority of the parents of these boys know what their children indulge in, especially when they come home with luxury cars.
“You can imagine a 200 level students buying houses for their mothers.
“As far as I am concerned, these kind of parents are accomplices. I am looking forward to a situation where legal action will have a grip on them and parents that encourage these yahoo boys would be dealt with under the law.
“There is no way your child will misbehave to such an extent that you will not know otherwise. You have failed as parent if you encourage such ill act,” Adeleye said… Continue reading