EFCC warns parents to protect their Children as it uncovers plot to recruit youth for violent protest

An obscure organization has been exposed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as plotting to enlist young Nigerians, including students, in violent demonstrations against the commission.

A statement from the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, claims that the organization has been aggressively using social media to encourage gullible youth to take up guns in opposition to the commission.

The EFCC issued a warning, claiming that the plot is a part of a bigger scheme by unscrupulous individuals to cause instability in the nation and thwart the commission’s attempts to combat corruption and cybercrime.

The commission urged parents, guardians, and heads of tertiary institutions to take responsibility for ensuring that their wards are not recruited into the plot.

Oyewale added that the EFCC is working with other security agencies to prevent any potential threats to peace and security in the country.

He said, “The Commission wishes to alert the general public on the plan by a shadowy group to instigate a ‘protest’ against the EFCC.

“The group has been actively campaigning on social media, recruiting impressionable young Nigerians, including students, to take up ‘arms’ against the EFCC.

“Corrupt elements under investigation or prosecution by the Commission are exploiting the so-called protest to orchestrate a national uprising that may threaten the peace and security of our dear nation.

“Parents, guardians, and heads of tertiary institutions should take responsibility for ensuring that their wards are not recruited to be used as cannon fodder in a proxy war against the Commission by vested corrupt interests.

“The war being waged by the Commission against corruption and cybercrime is to protect the future of the youth of this country. That future is imperiled if Nigeria degenerates further in global reckoning as a den of fraudsters.”