Copied from Facebook, with permission. Not my opinion but I tend to generally support it.

Do you think naming and shaming crime perpetrators can curtail the crime culture in Nigeria? Have your say.

So, 80 individuals with Nigerian names were arrested or indicted for cyber crime by the FBI, and the "Nigerian world" is supposed to crumble? No way!! As an American with Nigerian heritage, I can never feel guilty for the crimes committed by other Nigerian-Americans (or residents), just like the American with European heritage does not feel guilty for the mass murder committed by another American of same heritage. I will feel guilty for a crime committed by me; and for that committed by a member of my family for which I either benefitted, or could have prevented. It smacks of inferiority syndrome to wallow in collective guilt, unless somehow one partook/benefitted in the crime. We know Nigeria's culture in its pristine form frowns at corruption and inordinate desire for filthy lucre. Unfortunately, somewhere few decades past, things went awry and that beautiful culture began eroding. Rather than wallow in guilt for crimes committed by other Nigerian-Americans (or any other Diasporan or home group), the good Nigerians should work for themselves to restore their culture back to that pristine point. A couple ideas to that end: 1. A campaign of unbiased name and shame. We need to know who the families and associates of all Nigerian crooks are, including their towns and villages. Many close relatives benefit from these crimes; in fact, some relatives goad their wards into this get-rich-quick mania. 2. Strategic property confiscation and disposal - seize all ill-gotten wealth. Don't destroy, but redistribute among the poor unrelated to the criminal. 3. A revolution in governance and citizenship. Both Nigerian leaders and followers alike are guilty of the culture erosion. These criminals end up becoming leaders. Thus, there must be accountability among leaders and followers alike. 4. A ban on public spraying of money. 5. Intense look into what religious leaders are doing in terms of sources of funds they display, and their role in this corruption culture. 6
If you are honest, stay away from folks who have no verifiable source of income. When they buy a drink for you with crime-derived money, they will rope you in when caught. Who wants to go down alone? 7. Massive investment and training in cyber technologies to nip these crooks in the bud. Any solutions to return Nigeria's culture of honest living have to be drastic; no sugarcoating anything. Are there advocates in Nigeria to take this task on?

What is the role of Nollywood movie industry in propagating crime culture in Nigeria?
What is the role of musicians (examples, I go chop your dollar; 30 billion for the akant ooh!) in propagating crime culture in Nigeria?

What is the role of Nigerians in Nigeria in the crime culture in terms of the pressure that Nigerians abroad are put to meet certain monetary demands back home?

What is the role of Nigerians abroad in propagating crime culture where they live, due to need to show off undeserved or unearned wealth to folks back home?

What is the role of religious leaders in propagating crime culture in Nigeria? Years ago, I was at a church service in Port Harcourt and during offering we were asked by the pastor to raise our hands and open our palms with our offerings so that God will see how much we were offering him. It turned out that everyone else was looking at what everyone else had in their open palm. That alone could cause a poor but impressionable person to steal money for next Sunday's offering in order to please the pastor/other congregants. I hear now that many churches are POS-enabled; so, they can take money from your account during service.

What is the role of government in not putting conditions in place to stem corruption?

What is the role of Buhari in the corruption culture, in terms of recycling leaders who have criminal cases with EFCC - example, Godswill Akpabio, now a Minister?

What is the role of ordinary citizens in voting in corrupt leaders into power? Example, Rochas Okorocha, Orji Kalu and T.A. Orji stole their states blind. All are now senators, voted in by citizens.

What is the role of law enforcement (Police, Customs etc) in being themselves blatantly corrupt and incapable of enforcing the laws? Example, somebody like Tinubu, arguably the most corrupt and crooked Nigerian ever, runs around with bullion vans corruuting the electoral process and being protected by the law enforcers.

What is the role of the Press in failing to ask the right questions and make the right demands of Nigerian leaders and followers?


What is the role of specific communities in propagating crime in Nigeria due to blatant glorification and exhibition of wealth? Here, I am going to be blunt - at least by half (since I am not calling out the particular states. At least not yet). At least two states in SE, two-three States in SS, and three States in SW come particularly to mind in this regard. Unbiased Nigerians can agree this culture of get-rich-quick is less apparent in Northern Nigeria. This, however, does not exonerate the North in any way. Kidnapping, extortion, murder, armed robbery and domestic terrorism are the forte of the North, more so than other parts of Nigeria. Agreed, some of these are also get-rich-quick signs, and even more. However, they come from a different twist than the South.

And yes, we need to start naming and shaming.

What is the role of specific communities in propagating crime in Nigeria due to blatant glorification and exhibition of wealth? Here, I am going to be blunt - at least by half (since I am not calling out the particular states. At least not yet). At least two states in SE, two-three States in SS, and three States in SW come particularly to mind in this regard. Unbiased Nigerians can agree this culture of get-rich-quick is less apparent in Northern Nigeria. This, however, does not exonerate the North in any way. Kidnapping, extortion, murder, armed robbery and domestic terrorism are the forte of the North, more so than other parts of Nigeria. Agreed, some of these are also get-rich-quick signs, and even more. However, they come from a different twist than the South.

This one is BOMB OH!. But can anyone guess who the 3 states in SE, SW and SS are? I think I know them. They are those whose indigenes think they are smarter than others

Don't forget to remember that 23 Yorubas are awaiting execution in Saudi. I rather be a US prisoner than a Saudi prisoner. A living rat is better than a dead lion. I am even hearing that US prisons are better than Aso Rock. Hahahahahahaha!

Whatever the case, the 77 Igbo brothers must bear their cross by themselves, just like the 23 Yoruba brothers. After all, they did not give me a dime from their corruption booty. But one love; nothing spoil

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/08/25/drug-trafficking-73-nigerians-on-death-row-in-malaysia/amp/

Naming and shaming is one of the old methods that worked years ago because we had smaller societies and no one protected criminals. It’s a larger society now and various interests come into play. Still it may reduce the criminal tendencies of some people.

Right now we have a huge problem on our hands with our people running foul of the law all over the world. Lost values, an ineffective judicial system and greed are at the root of this misbehavior. Sadly all Nigerians will pay for the misdeeds of a few. We are all Nigerians as far as outsiders are concerned. Besides tribal analysis is irrelevant because there are criminals in every tribe.

delpee:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/08/25/drug-trafficking-73-nigerians-on-death-row-in-malaysia/amp/

Naming and shaming is one of the old methods that worked years ago because we had smaller societies and no one protected criminals. It’s a larger society now and various interests come into play. Still it may reduce the criminal tendencies of some people.

Right now we have a huge problem on our hands with our people running foul of the law all over the world. Lost values, an ineffective judicial system and greed are at the root of this misbehavior. Sadly all Nigerians will pay for the misdeeds of a few. We are all Nigerians as far as outsiders are concerned. Besides tribal analysis is irrelevant because there are criminals in every tribe.

Actually with social media boom naming and shaming will be a much stronger tool than it was decades back