The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has charged youths across the country to choose the paths of integrity and ethical standards and shun internet fraud as they aspire to become future leaders.
He gave the charge on Monday, October 27, 2025 in an orientation and sensitisation programme, organised for the new students of the Air Force Institute of Technology, AFIT, Nigerian Air Force, Mando, Kaduna, for the 2025/2026 Academic Session.
Olukoyede, who spoke through Chief Superintendent of the EFCC, CSE Nana Fatima Abubakar of the Public Affairs Department of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the EFCC, educated the participants on the activities of the EFCC in a lecture on the “Dangers of Cybercrime.”
He reiterated the fact there was no shortcut to wealth as hard work, perseverance and dedication, remained the paths to success, noting that the desire to get rich quickly often leads to loss of freedom, image damage, depression, and untimely death in some instances.
While observing that youths are largely the perpetrators of cybercrime in the country, he stated that they could use the same internet space positively and make good and legitimate earnings. He pointed to peer pressure, lack of patriotism, greed and laziness as catalysts for youth indulgence in internet fraud. He further observed that drug and substance abuses as well as criminal fetish activities have now become interconnected with internet fraud activities.
While warning against the dire consequences of cybercrime on both individuals and the country, he implored the students to join in the fight against corruption, economic and financial crimes by reporting such crimes to the EFCC, through the Commission’s Eagle Eye App, which among other things, guarantees the anonymity of the reporter.
