Following the recent crack down on Internet Fraudsters, also known as Yahoo Boys outside the shores of Nigeria, a United States (US) based writer and economic expert, Princewill Odidi has said the accusation fingers pointing at the Igbo tribe is not fair.

Odidi said most Igbos go to the US to do legitimate jobs, although not all, but not as other tribes in Nigeria have tagged them.

Know that in Nigeria the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has been haunting Internet Fraudsters aka Yahoo Boys and a lot have been arrested with many sentenced, and only a few of them are of the Igbo tribe.

The Cross River born said also that instead pointing fingers on a particular tribe, the government should do something to curb cyber crime as well as alleviate the thinking of the youths, especially those who are very talented to channel their energy in bright-burning the nation.

Expressing his ordeal over the 80 Nigerians arrested in the US, Odidi in one of his Social Media post said, "When I first read the news that 80 suspected internet fraudsters were apprehended in the United States, I had doubted the story, not because some Nigerians in the United States are not into crime, but because if you understand how America works, there are certain crimes that would be practically impossible or difficult to carry out in the United States because of the utility identification system in the United States.

"The initial story said 80 Nigerians of Igbo origin living in America were arrested, that’s not actually true, only 14 actually live in the United States, the remaining 63 lived and operated from Nigeria and a few from Malaysia as published here in the US.

"Statistics of Nigerians in America involved in credit card and other monetary fraud in the US majority are not Igbos at all. I wouldn’t want to mention the tribe, but they are not Igbo’s".

Speaking further, he said, "Ironically, the most hard working Nigerians in America who come in here doing odd jobs, doing 3 or 4 jobs at the same time majority of them are Igbo’s.

"So the news making the rounds on internet making it look like Igbo’s are into internet fraud in America is distorted. There maybe into internet fraud in Nigeria but not in United States.

"In America it is even easier to rob a provision store and you are not caught than to do internet fraud. The reason is simple. Unlike in Nigeria where it is difficult to track someone using internet, here in America it is the reverse. Every internet IP has a unique address tied to the computer being used, and tied to the person who owns the computer, it is even tied to the physical address where the computer operates, and because of the advanced technology in the US, you can be tracked within minutes of attempting internet scam."

Odidi was fumed about the way the American government paints Nigeria, despite her citizens contributing immensely to the growth of the Western country.

"So this was why I had some reservations when I read the story initially. While the US press tries to paint Nigeria bad since the news broke, it is saddening to note that Nigerians in America constitute one of the most educated immigrant population in American history.

"Almost 90% of Nigerians in America all have college degrees, you cannot find that in any other immigrant population in the US.

"While I condemn the act, and I feel those involved have given Nigeria a bad name, and makes it difficult for legitimate Nigerians to do business overseas without the air of suspicion, however I think the story as told is distorted, Igbos in America are not so much into crime."

Recalled that out of the 80 persons charged, only 17 were arrested in the US while the rest are in Nigeria.

"The Nigerian government need to build an internet tracking infrastructure to help curtail internet crime and gradually it is gaining international attention. It is damaging our image home and abroad", Odidi maintained.

Source: https://paradisenews.ng/43281/igbos-america-not-much-crime-odidi

Red lie with choking smell

Venusman:
Red lie with choking smell

onye Iberibe

We know they are not that much into crime really..but they are into it ..the way the afonja has been pushing drugs in other countries..they not much into it too o

Thunder will fire this two tribes..they have brought nothing but shame to this country

icebird25:
We know they are not that much into crime really..but they are into it ..the way the afonja has been pushing drugs in other countries..they not much into it too o

Thunder will fire this two tribes..they have brought nothing but shame to this country

U dat av not brought shame to this country. No be same page all of us dey.I suspect u must be from Almajiri or sharia republic

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GeneralPula:

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Yamree lamentations

Tomiwa69:

U dat av not brought shame to this country. No be same page all of us dey.I suspect u must be from Almajiri or sharia republic

Ogun kill you and the almajiri or sharia republic

Afonjas are the ones propagating this lie out of envy. Some Igbos are so blinded to see how these people hate them with passion...these people are all over social media peddling this evil. Between God and man, other tribes, which tribe populate fraud in Nigeria, no be afonjas? 80% of EFCC arrest are in Yorubaland.