A Non-Governmental Organisation, VELMA Foundation, on Friday kicked against the imprisonment of cyber criminals, popularly known as Yahoo Boys in Nigeria, saying such punishment had not addressed the problem.
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He said, “The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is actively involved in more than 1,000 cyber criminal cases in Nigeria. Before the passage of the Nigerian Cybercrime Prohibition Act in 2015, it could have been 10-15 per year. They will bring it under the Advanced Fee Fraud Prohibition Act and under the Criminal Code and Penal Code Breach of Trust and Obtaining by False Pretences.
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He added, “The National Assembly should enact a new law entirely that prohibits incarceration or imprisonment for first time non-violent offenders. It is even wrong to put that kind of person together with a murderer or rapist in prison. So, for non-violent first-time offenders, instead of imprisonment, they should be rehabilitated. Those are the ways the National Assembly should intervene.” Punch