Celebrities Drag Diezani over “Yahoo Boys” Comment

A few days ago, former Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke called out internet fraudsters or “yahoo boys”; referring to them as the scum of the Nigerian society. The ex-minister who is wanted for financial crimes in Nigeria went viral with her video, slamming yahoo boys.

Diezani expressed her disgust at “irresponsible boys” that steal money being role models for younger boys; as well as expressing concern for the economy of the Niger Delta.

She continued, saying, “there are no shortcuts up the ladder of life”; inspirational words from a woman accused of stealing about $6 billion, an amound much more than many yahoo boys will steal in their lifetime.

Watch the video below:

Former Petroleum Minister, Dieziani Alison-Madueke, has surfaced oooo. She spoke on Fatherhood, and making a case for Ijaw Women’s voice to be heard, praised GEJ for the chance he gave women in his Govt. This was in August 7, 2020 virtual event of Ijaw National Dev Group. Pt 1 pic.twitter.com/b0KFratkWa

— Jackson Ude (@jacksonpbn) August 9, 2020

Of course, this did not sit well with Nigerians and many reacted to the video, social media users and celebrities alike. Media personality Bolanle Olukanmi was shocked at the hypocrisy coming from Diezani; someone who stole billions of Naira from the country’s coffers.

Read her tweet below:

How do you tell people , how do you tell us young people to work hard and do what is right when bullshit like this is happening!! Like how ??!! The hypocrisy in this country.

— Bolanle Olukanni (@bolanleolukanni) August 10, 2020

Radio personality Toolz also weighed in on the matter; dragging Diezani and calling her ridiculous and shameless. Read her tweet below:

See normally I would laugh but this is so ridiculous. This lady must have lost her damn mind to come online and spew this nonsense. How are you different from a fraudster ma? She actually has no shame, which is sadly common for a lot of our (present and past) politicians. pic.twitter.com/J4aLgKjjpQ

— Toolz O.D (@ToolzO) August 10, 2020

In addition to that, politically conscious rapper Falz called Diezani a hypocrite for calling out yahoo boys; he even called her a “yahoo yahoo girl” in an Instagram post. Check out his post below:

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 You are on the run, but your mouth still dey run. Who be Yahoo Yahoo girl if no be you ?
 
A post shared by  Falz TheBahdGuy (@falzthebahdguy) on Aug 10, 2020 at 3:53am PDT
 

Alison-Madueke, 59, fled Nigeria to the U.K for fear of prosecution after President Muhammadu Buhari won the election back in 2015.

Several attempts by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to trigger an extradition treaty with the UK and have Diezani return home for trial have failed to come to fruition.

14 charges bordering on theft and concealment to the tune of $153 million, have been filed against her by the EFCC. Raids on some of her homes in Nigeria have revealed gold jewellery and wristwatches worth millions of dollars.