Aisha Yesufu knocked EFCC’s decision to let Adeherself sensitize NYSC members on her X page
By Kehinde Okeowo
Popular human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, has berated the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), following its decision to hire the services of popular social media influencer, Adedamola Adewale, better known as Adeherself.
EFCC had in June 2020 arrested Adeherself for cyber fraud and was granted N500,000 bail by an Ikeja Special Offences Court in July.
In February 2023, the anti-graft agency followed it up by arraigning her on a three-count charge of conspiracy to obtain money by false pretences, attempt to obtain money by false pretences and retention of proceeds of criminal conduct before an Ikeja High Court.
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However, the EFCC unveiled the defendant as a stakeholder in its anti-graft war and further engaged her in sensitizing serving corps members in Lagos State on the dangers of cybercrime.
In a post on its official X page ( formally Twitter), EFCC announced that Adeherself was a speaker during a sensitization programme organized by the commission at the NYSC orientation camp in Iyana Ipaja, Lagos.
Reacting to the post, Aisha Yesufu, on her X page, stated that “In Nigeria, crime is not the issue as long as it is done big time. Petty crime is what is criminalized.”
