Policemen & a Popular Alhaji are yahooing Yahoo Boys In Lagos Update: My Story ––Alhaji Rasaq

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On Monday, Ọmọ Oódua published a story of how some men are extorting yahoo boys in Lagos and how they are using the name of the IG of Police, MD Abubakar to operate. The message was sent to me by a young guy who gave his name as Ibrahim Dipo.

Anyway, the man who was accused of using 'fake' security personnel to dupe Yahoo boys, Alhaji Rasaq got across to us and gave his own side of the story. He said he is a patriotic Nigerian who is helping the Police and the EFCC to tame the activities of 419 and Yahoo boys.

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EXPOSED: How Policemen & A Popular Alhaji Are yahooing Yahoo Boys In Lagos

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I got this message from a Yahoo boy who said he was pushed into the trade by circumstances and because he doesn't want to go into armed robbery. He exposed a lot in the letter to Ọmọ Oódua Naija Gisj and disclosed how policemen are using the name of the Inspector General of Police to "deal" with them:

My name is Ibrahim Dipo, a final year student at the Leads City University, although I admit what I was doing with my friends was wrong but no other means of survival. I drive a Range Sport...

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Former petroleum minister, Alhaji Shettima Ali Monguno, kidnapped

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Elder statesman and former Petroleum Minister, Alhaji Shettima Ali Monguno has been kidnapped. The 87 year old politician was kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Maiduguri, Borno State this afternoon as he made his way home after leaving a local mosque where he went for prayers.

Sharp-Man: 'I didn't buy house, cars for Nkiru Sylvanus' - Alhaji Umar Sani cries

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 Mallam Umar Sani is the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity. See his statement below..

I read with dismay a report involving one actress, Nkiru Sylvanus and myself. The story catalogued my supposed relationship with the actress and that I bought her a house in Abuja and chain of cars, and also instrumental to her being appointed as SSA Lagos Liaison officer, when it was evident that she was not from Imo State but Abia. 

While I hasten not to deny that Nkiru Sylvanus is my friend, I want to clearly state that I have never bought her a house and neither have I ever bought her a car. These, obviously, are the figments of the imagination of the reporter who chose to file his report without a by-line.