A cyber-security specialist, Mr. Chidiebere Ihediwa, has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to devise methods of reorienting arrested, educated online fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo Boys, to become information technology specialists.
According to Ihediwa, this strategy is better than allowing them to languish in detention or undergo destructive dissolution.
Leadership Newspaper reports that Ihedinwa, also a renowned software developer, made the call on Wednesday during an award ceremony in his honour at the Police Officers Mess, GRA Ikeja, Lagos.
Ihediwa was honoured with a Star Award in Cyber-Security Development and Data Analysis in Nigeria by an online publication, Cornerstone.ng.
According to Ihediwa, knowledge can be categorised into two: positive and negative.
He explained that even though there were many educated young men among the cyber fraudsters, their inherent knowledge was at variance with the ideal positive knowledge needed for societal development.
The cybersecurity specialist pointed out that redirecting the knowledge of the “yahoo boys” to meaningful ventures would be of great advantage to the nation.