Traditional medicine practitioners move against members aiding Yahoo boys, criminals in Kogi

The Kogi State chapter of the National Association of Nigeria Traditional Medicine Practitioners (NANTMP) has begun clamping down on members aiding internet fraudsters popularly known as Yahoo Boys and other criminals operating across the state.

Chairman of the Association in Kogi State, His Royal Highness, Chief Ibrahim Amodu, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Lokoja during the weekend.

He stated that criminals now commit crime with the aid of some members of the association, citing the ‘Yahoo Plus boys’ as an example.

Amodu warned that the association’s new code of practice prohibits practitioners from aiding and abetting in such criminal acts as it is capable of destroying the corporate image of the body.

He lauded the Commissioner of Police, CP Miller Gajere Dantawaye, the Director, State Security Service, Commandant, Civil Defense Corps and other security agencies for being alive to their responsibilities.

Amodu noted that the continued synergy with all security agencies would guarantee total liberation from criminal tendencies, maintaining that traditional medicine should be used for good intentions and not for evil.

“Members are advised to abide by the code of practice. Any member found wanting would be made to face the full wrath of the law by facing prosecution accordingly.

“Let me stress at this point once again that all practitioners are expected to abide by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as well as that of NANTMP, with particular reference to Article 46 of the NANTMP Constitution.

“My leadership has put up a task force to check the conduct of traditional medicine practitioners, just as some are alleged to be working with Yahoo boys, etc. Anyone found in such act will have himself to blame,” Amodu warned.

Traditional medicine practitioners move against members aiding Yahoo boys, criminals in Kogi