Edo moves against ‘Yahoo boys’ with anti-cultism law expansion

The Edo State Government has disclosed plans to widen the enforcement of its anti-cultism laws to screen net fraudsters, popularly known arsenic “Yahoo boys,” arsenic portion of efforts to tackle rising transgression activities successful the state.

DAILY POST reports that the State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Prince Kassim Afegbua, disclosed this on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, during the quarterly media parley successful the state.

DAILY POST recalls that the authorities authorities had successful 2025 enacted the Secret Cult and Similar Activities (Prohibition) Law, 2025, which prescribes stiffer penalties for cult-related offences, including jailhouse presumption and spot confiscation.

Afegbua, portion reacting to the contented of insecurity successful the authorities and the sidesplitting of a 200-level Political Science part-time pupil of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), identified arsenic Mr. Alexander, successful the penultimate week astatine the beforehand gross of the institution, opined that the sidesplitting was linked to net fraud.

He stated that the sidesplitting was attributed to a breach successful the net fraud business.

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