Pastor David Ibiyeomie of Salvation Ministries has backtracked on his earlier stance after cursing internet fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo boys.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Pastor Ibiyeomie as saying on Friday night that “God loves Yahoo boys”, adding that if they give their lives to God, they won’t be condemned anymore.
Ibiyeomie had on Thursday placed a curse on Yahoo boys, saying they will get into accidents and die because their activities have led to the death of some persons who they have scammed off all their retirement benefits.
The clergyman said: “Let me tell you, these Yahoo boys. Stop! I am a man of God. You kill people everyday. When you ‘Yahoo’ somebody, it is stealing. Don’t quote it anyhow. It is stealing. Most people, all their retirement benefits, you take it and people die. I curse you in the name of Jesus.
“It is a demonic, satanic way of getting money. Which kind of money is that? You are a thief. No matter how you colorize it, you are a thief. You love stealing! I curse the root of it. Do you know how many people you have killed?
“Scam kills people. Some people, the whole of their retirement benefit..You scam them and say you are buying a car. What nonsense? You will get accident with that car!”
“And to the police, all the Yahoo boys, jail them, arrest them. If you take bribes from Yahoo boys, that money will kill you! That blood money that you take will kill you.
“You know why? They stole from somebody who died. You now collect money and release them. You and your family die with it. Police stop taking that kind of money”.
However, while taking altar call during Day 5 of Glory Reign 2022 on Friday night, Pastor Ibiyeomie said “God loves Yahoo boys”.
He said: “You know you’ve made mistakes; even yesterday, I talked about yahoo boys; you’ve been there, you want to rededicate your life, get up; God is not going to condemn you again. He loves you. But, stop it.
“You went to native doctors. You made mistakes. God loves you. Come and be born again; your sins will be forgiven”.