Eradicating Nigeria's growing cybercrime threat - one teenager at a time

#FeatureByTekisiteProject - His arrest confirmed rumors. Abass was no entrepreneur who had come upon wealth through his business acumen. Rather, a fraudulent socialite posed as an investor, who defrauded thousands of unassuming people. 

Hushpuppi’s case is sadly not the exception, but the norm in a society that has gone numb to the proliferation of cybercriminals. For years, cybercrime has plagued Nigerian society, first under the moniker – 419– derived from the section of the penal code that prohibits advance fee fraud, then evolving into what it is now known as - yahoo yahoo. What should normally be a sacrilegious act has become widely accepted by society. Hence, its growth, such as during the pandemic, when Nigeria ranked 16th among countries worst affected by cybercrime, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Sadly, the involvement for some is as a result of the overwhelming pressure, some as a means of financial gain - and others, both.