The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has called on youths across the country to shun internet fraud and join the EFCC in combating economic and financial crimes.

The EFCC chairman gave the charge while speaking at the Mountain Of Fire And Miracles Ministries, Dakwo Mega Region, Abuja on Saturday.

According to a statement issued on Wednesday by the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren Bawa, who was represented at the event by the Assistant Commander of the anti-graft agency, ACE Joseph Yetwi, said cyber fraud was rampant among youths between the ages of 14 to 40.

He stressed that corrupt practices have no sacred place, including schools, offices, governments, courts, churches, or mosques.

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Bawa further gave some references of corrupt figures in the Bible, saying they never ended well.

The EFCC boss, however, urged parents “to always conduct due diligence on their children,  by following  Proverbs 22: 6, which says, ‘train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it.’

“Exodus 20:15 also says that ‘You shall not steal.’ It is important to note that all forms of financial crimes are directly and indirectly theft or stealing. So there are many more passages of the Bible that emphasized God’s disapproval of financial crimes and corruption.

“It is clear that there is no place for a fraudster or corrupt person in the Kingdom of God, if anyone engages in these vices, he or she will suffer punishment from God and man,” Bawa said.

He further called for the collective responsibility of every stakeholder in tackling economic and financial crimes, including all law enforcement agencies, judiciary, religious bodies, non-governmental organisations, NGOs, and the general public.

The Star