#YorubaYahooBoys Trend on Twitter After Hushpuppy & His Gang Arrested for Fraud in Dubai (Photos

Popular Instagram big boy, Hushpuppy, was arrested by the international police (Interpol) in Dubai three days ago for scam and money laundering amounting to $35 million which was supposed to be given to citizens the United States during the coronavirus pandemic.

Hushpuppy was arrested with other five persons in Dubai.

The arrested fraudster was known to always flaunt his expensive lifestyle on social media. He is a role model for many Nigerian youths who aspire to his lifestyle.


However, Nigerians on social media have tribalized the arrest of the young billionaire and his gang. Tribalism is a major problem in Nigeria, we always look at every issue with tribal lenses.

Some people believe that it is appropriate to attach the tribe and ethnicity of the fraudsters to their names.

Many of those who spearheaded this move were Igbo, they argued that whenever an Igbo person is arrested for a crime overseas, other tribes we do not hesitate to call out his/her tribe and ethnic group so Hushpuppi case should not be different.







They dig out the names of the arrested criminals which shows that many of them are Yoruba boys. Hushpuppi's legal name is Raymond Igbalode which shows that he is from the Yoruba origin.

They started calling out the Yoruba group by using the hashtag #YorubaYahooBoys.

See some of their tweets below.















However, some argued that their trend in unnecessary because the Interpol will not for his ethnic group, all they know is that he is a Nigerian.

In my opinion, I believe that we should stop viewing every issue with tribal lenses. No tribe is full of angel and no tribe is full of the devil.