Worried by the increasing rate of ritual activities and Yahoo Boys in Ondo State, the state Commander of Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, said security agencies in the state would commence a massive crackdown on them.
Adeleye who disclosed this during a chat with newsmen in Akure, described the internet fraudsters popularly known as “Yahoo-boys” as a new emerging insecurity menace in the Southwest states, saying the menace of ‘Yahoo boys’ and ritual killings is what is taking the turn of the day.”
The Chairman of the Amotekun in South West, noted the upsurge in the involvement of young people in the fraudulent activities in the state and Southwest at large, saying that some of the internet fraudsters had graduated to using human parts for rituals to make money, known as “Yahoo plus.”
He said “A couple of weeks ago, I invited the prominent hotelier because our investigation reveals that we found students who take over rooms in these major hotels for a whole year.
“They don’t even allow the hotel staff to clean their rooms, so, they don’t know what is even happening in the rooms. A lot of those ladies are butchered and cleaned up inside these hotel rooms for ritual purposes.”
He, however, solicited for the cooperation of hoteliers in the state, saying they have great roles to play in reducing the new trend among the youths.
“We told them the implications and made them know that they would be made to face the music if they notice any of these unwholesome attitudes of these youths and they don’t report.
“How do you explain a 21 years old boy paying N2m hotel bills that he has not used, taking five to 10 rooms in a hotel and nobody sleeps in the hotel rooms for the most part of the week.