A Cybersecurity specialist identified as Chidiebere Ihediwa has advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to reform Yahoo Boys to become information technology specialists.

The software developer noted this strategy is better, rather than allowing them to languish in detention or undergo destructive dissolution.

Mr Ihediwa stated this yesterday during an award ceremony in his honour at the Police Officers Mess, GRA Ikeja, Lagos.

He said: “knowledge can be categorised into two – positive and negative.”

The Cybersecurity specialist explained that “even if there were many educated young men among the cyber fraudsters, their inherent knowledge was at variance with the ideal positive knowledge needed for societal development.”

He noted that “re-directing the knowledge of the Yahoo boys to meaningful ventures will be of great advantage to the nation.”

On his part, a representative of the award host (Cornerstone.ng) Chris Oji, said Ihediwa rightly deserved the award in view of his outstanding contributions to software development and information technology in Nigeria.