To compound the crisis of moral decay in Ekiti State, chieftaincy titles are awarded to internet fraudsters, 419 kingpins and other shady characters by some traditional rulers while the members of the ruling class have shamelessly adopted official corruption as the directive principle of state policy.
Senator Babafemi Ojudu has drawn public attention to the exodus of internet fraudsters (otherwise called "yahoo yahoo boys") from Ekiti State as a result of the fear of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) whose zonal office was recently opened in Ado Ekiti. He confirmed that the internet fraudsters of Ekiti State extraction have relocated to the neighbouring states with dire consequences for the local economy.
The Ekiti born legislator expressed regret over the collapse of moral values in a community where it was once the wish of every young person to become an accomplished professional to position them to contribute their quota to the development of the society. Apparently out of concern, he cautioned thus: "unless we restore the dignity of honest work, create genuine opportunities for our young people, and once again make character more admirable than sudden wealth, tomorrow promises not a better society, but a more dangerous one ".
