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Our girls naked on TikTok, boys doing yahoo, Adeyanju laments

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  • Activist Deji Adeyanju laments a perceived moral collapse among Nigerian youth, citing widespread public nudity on social media and increased internet fraud.
  • He expressed concern over the large number of young people, some as young as 15, being apprehended by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for fraud.
  • Adeyanju also linked permissive social behavior to public health issues and contrasted the current generation's values with his own youth, emphasizing a need for discipline and purpose.

A stark warning about the moral fabric of Nigeria's youth has been issued by Abuja-based legal practitioner and human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju. In a widely circulated clip from The Honest Bunch Podcast, Adeyanju painted a grim picture of a generation seemingly adrift, prioritizing instant gratification over discipline and self-respect.

Go and look at all the young people. They are naked on Instagram. They are naked on TikTok. They are all naked. The guys are all doing yahoo, defrauding people.

— Deji AdeyanjuDescribing the perceived moral decay among Nigerian youth on social media and their involvement in internet fraud.

Adeyanju's observations, fueled by a recent visit to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), reveal a disturbing trend: young Nigerians, some as young as 15, are increasingly implicated in internet fraud, commonly known as 'yahoo yahoo'. He described the sight of these youths at the EFCC as a "crisis," lamenting the destruction of their lives and those of their victims.

I was in EFCC yesterday. Go and see young people, 16, 15, 17, 18. They are all suspects in EFCC. Destroying their lives. Destroying the lives of other people

— Deji AdeyanjuIllustrating the scale of youth involvement in financial crimes based on his visit to the EFCC.

The activist did not shy away from broader societal implications, raising concerns about public health and linking what he termed "permissive social behavior" to the spread of diseases. He contrasted this with his own youth, where intimacy was earned through sustained effort, highlighting a perceived erosion of values. While Adeyanju absolved the current generation of sole blame, suggesting the failures of previous generations contributed to the decay, he stressed the urgent need to find immediate and long-term solutions to these pressing societal issues. This perspective, while critical, reflects a deep-seated concern for the future of Nigerian youth, a sentiment often echoed in local discourse but rarely framed with such urgency in international media.

Have you not seen the latest reports on how people are just spreading HIV all over town?

— Deji AdeyanjuRaising public health concerns linked to current social behaviors.
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