Deji Adeyanju has expressed concern over what he described as the growing moral decline among Nigerian youths, saying many young women now expose their bodies on social media while young men engage in internet fraud.
The activist and lawyer made the remarks in a clip from The Honest Bunch Podcast that gained attention online on Thursday.
Adeyanju said the trend reflected a generation increasingly driven by instant gratification rather than discipline and self-worth.
“Go and look at all the young people. They are naked on Instagram. They are naked on TikTok. They are all naked. The guys are all doing yahoo, defrauding people.”
He said his recent visit to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission exposed the extent of the problem among young Nigerians.
“I was in EFCC yesterday. Go and see young people, 16, 15, 17, 18. They are all suspects in EFCC. Destroying their lives. Destroying the lives of other people,” he said.
Adeyanju also raised concerns about public health, linking what he described as reckless social behaviour to the spread of diseases.
“Have you not seen the latest reports on how people are just spreading HIV all over town?” he said.
Comparing the current reality to his younger days, he argued that intimacy was once earned through patience and commitment.
“During our time, for you to see the nakedness of a girl, you work hard. You have to work minimum eight months before you can,” he said.
“Go to TikTok. Almost all Nigerian girls are naked. It’s not just nakedness. Red lights. Look at the generation,” he added.
He further stated that the trend reflected a wider societal collapse in ambition and values.
“Open breasts. No job anywhere. Just open chest on TikTok and Instagram,” he said.
Despite his criticism, Adeyanju said the younger generation should not bear all the blame, arguing that previous generations created the environment responsible for the current situation.
“I want to absorb their generation of any blame. They have no blame. Because if they have blame, they should also have blamed the generation before them. When will the blame game stop? We must find a solution to our problems in the immediate, in the interim and in the long run,” he said.
Drawing from personal experience, Adeyanju recalled how he accommodated seven staff members in his three-bedroom apartment in 2012 while trying to build his career.
“There must be a process to growth,” he said.
