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  • ‘Yahoo boys must be brilliant’ – Edo State gov, Godwin Obaseki

    ‘Yahoo boys must be brilliant’ – Edo State gov, Godwin Obaseki

    Edo state governor Godwin Obaseki has opined that yahoo boys are brillant and as such their mentality should be redirected towards positive thinking. He advised that youth should shun social vices and channel their energy into something more positive.

    Speaking on Friday at an education town hall meeting in the state, the governor said the Internet fraudsters, better known as Yahoo Yahoo boys, must be very brilliant to carry out such illegal activities.

    Obaseki noted that the government needs to help the fraudsters redirect their thinking into positive ventures.

    “I am concerned. Cyber fraud and Yahoo culture are big issues. I am calling on everyone to please send as much information as you can to my office,” Obaseki said.

    “On Monday, I am going to see the chairman of EFCC. I am not condemning those involved. There must be a reason why that culture has become so prolific in Edo state. We must find the root cause and address them as we did in the days of trafficking.

    “Let’s see how we can correct it because these children must be very brilliant. The kind of things they do, how they hack into other people’s accounts. How do we re-direct that thinking into something more positive?”

    In January, a video of three teenagers searching for where to learn internet fraud in Edo state had surfaced online and gone viral.

  • ‘Warn Yahoo Boys, ‘Bad Girls’ are Coming!’ – By Michael West

    ‘Warn Yahoo Boys, ‘Bad Girls’ are Coming!’ – By Michael West

    By Michael West

    Danger is looming! We are still praying and strategizing how to peacefully navigate the cloudy political atmosphere between now and next year but the onslaughts of Yahoo ritualists is swelling the rank of predators like Boko Haram, killer herdsmen, kidnappers, bandits and armed robbers. Yahoo ritualists are more dangerous because they live among us. They are well known. They are encouraged by the corrupt and socially disoriented society. They’re role models to some indigent, jobless and misdirected youths who crave for nothing but riches by any means humanly possible or forcefully attainable.

    The dimension that Yahoo scammers and ritualists are going is sadly dangerous as compromised parents that are aiding and abetting the crime like the proverbial rider of a tiger, may end up in its belly. Parents of Yahoo boys are potential preys within the reach of their mindless sons. Previously in this column, January 29, 2021 edition precisely, I mentioned the case of mothers that were arrested for providing spiritual fortification and logistical support for their Yahoo sons. I remember a woman who had wished her six years old son had grown up to become a Yahoo boy, she promised to buy a laptop for him. Some parents, mothers in particular, were reported as sending their teenage boys and jobless school leavers on the streets to go and do what their mates are doing to get money including Yahoo. This kind of latitude could extend to robbery and pickpocketing. The most shameless aspect of the whole saga is the formation of the inglorious Mothers of Yahoo Boys Association (MOYABA).

    Tuesday, February 2, 2022, at about midday, a young woman called to express her opinion on the January 28, 2022 edition of this column: “Money Rituals: Yahoo Boys on the Prowl.” She spoke frankly with instances she witnessed while dating her former Yahoo boyfriend. She blamed the scourge on bad parenting, corrupt leadership, ostentatious lifestyle of the privileged class and lack of job opportunities – unemployment. I took interest in her call because she offered a revealing narrative about an impending clash between those she called “Bad girls” and the killer Yahoo boys. “Sir, I want to use your platform to reach the heartless Yahoo boys that ‘Bad girls’ are coming for them. They should get ready for a fight!” Since she wanted me to sound the alarm warning to Yahoo boys and their parents, the battle line, according to her, has been drawn. Read her:

    “I read your article online last weekend. I also saw it on other social media platforms, that makes me to know that the article is well circulated.

    “Sir, those Yahoo boys maybe in for a big trouble in no distant time from now. ‘Bad girls’ are coming steaming hot for a revenge! I’m not a member of the deadly ‘Bad girls’ gangsters but I have friends among them. I dated a Yahoo guy when his activities were limited to cyber space but I left him when I discovered that he decided to go fetish contrary to my advice. Some of his friends who had gone deeper into rituals lured him into it. It is not all rituals that involve physical death, the common ones are those that snatch women’s virtue, glory or destiny through sex. It takes only one round of sex to render a woman empty. Subsequent sexual encounters are mere fun. Most of them don’t even touch the ‘used’ women again. In your article, such women are described as ‘empty shells and walking shadows of their old selves. They may not amount to anything great or meaningful in life again.’ The unfortunate thing is that the girls don’t get meaningful things in return. They are fond of asking for material things iPhones, wears, makeup kits, shoes and bags, shawarma, pizza, weekend treats and money for upkeep etc. That’s the worth of their lives!

    “As gruesome killings of young women by Yahoo boys continue, some girls have embarked on ‘spiritual power adventure’ to neutralise the diabolical powers of Yahoo boys and render their rituals useless. When Yahoo boys sleep with fortified ‘Bad girls’, every power in them (boys) will be destroyed; and if they make further attempt to sacrifice the girls for rituals, they will run mad. Parents of Yahoo boys will weep seriously because their sons will run mad in droves. ‘Bad girls’ are now returning from their ‘power hubs’ to unleash vengeance on the notorious Yahoo boys.

    “A ‘Bad girl’ told me that the spiritual fortification costs a lot and it involves some strenuous rituals details of which I can’t divulge here, but it is worth the efforts. ‘Bad girls’, like other women, became disturbed and angry at the height of betrayal by the guys they loved. They wondered if it is a crime to relate and accept love from the opposite sex. The wickedness is so deep and hurting that only revenge could stop it. Can you imagine how ladies are now afraid to hangout with guys for fear of death? The scary aspect of the situation is that fiancés, too, can no longer be trusted as they spare nobody when they need to perform their blood rituals. I support the ‘Bad girls’ because Yahoo boys are heartless murderers. No human feelings or compassion at all for the women they profess to love. Some of them have been running amok due to the repercussions of their evil undertakings. A growing number of the guys are daily falling into the trap of ‘Bad girls.’

    “Every woman dating Yahoo guys knows she’s at risk; and she is a prey in the net, but most of the babes think they are in true love or relationship for the future. Because the guys spend money to entice them, they refuse to heed the warnings. Just imagine the guys eating excreta, bathing nude in public places, walking half naked and undergoing rigorous fetish processes including agreeing to difficult and strait ritual conditions all in bids to get mysterious money without legitimate sources of income. They can’t continue to kill women like animals to satisfy their bloodthirsty demons. Girls have determined to turn the table against them. Nonsense!”

    Recently, I watched a video from Goroso Ekiti, an online comedian who said Yahoo boys should desist from killing girls for money rituals because if women should start their own, it will be disastrous. As if he knew what was in the offing, the comic actually guessed right.

    I watched another video which was said to be a ritual by women. A woman laid on the floor stark naked while another naked woman excreted on her body. The chief priestess was issuing instructions on the process while the disgusting scene lasted. I also saw a photograph online where young girls were in handcuffs for allegedly killing their parents through hired assassins in order to lavishly spend their parents’ money with their boyfriends in wild parties and sex orgy.

    Some offensive video clips where minors, three to six years old boys expressed their desire to become Yahoo boys are in circulation. They said it is rave of the moment business and fastest route to making money. This wrong, misleading and disoriented propensity for illegitimate money making idea stems from the widespread poverty and the superficial ostentatious lifestyle of celebrities as demonstrated in musical videos and Nollywood movies. The damage this negative idea has done to the psyche of our younger and incoming generation is enormous.

    Government should legislate against the crime by extending the present extant laws beyond cyber space. They should find a way to cover the murder and homicide cases involved in Yahoo boys activities under the law. Likewise, spiritualists and herbalists that superintendent and administer oaths and perform rituals for the boys should be investigated and arrested for prosecution. My fear in this regard is lack of the political will on the part of the political leaders and security agents as many of them are clients to the same spiritual godfathers and witch doctors.

    On this note, I want to appeal to parents to be firm on their wayward children as the days ahead portend unpredictable retributive justice for evil deeds and their perpetrators.

    Do have a safe weekend!

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    “Parents of Yahoo boys will weep seriously because their sons will run mad in droves. ‘Bad girls’ are now returning from their ‘power hubs’ to unleash vengeance on the notorious Yahoo boys.”

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  • EFCC vows to clamp down on ‘Spiritual Yahoo Boys’

    EFCC vows to clamp down on ‘Spiritual Yahoo Boys’

    Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says it will intensify efforts to clamp down on internet fraudsters, also known as ‘Yahoo boys’.

    In a post on Facebook, the EFCC said it has learnt that Yahoo boys now go spiritual, offering sacrifices and performing rituals. It, however, noted that its officers will come after all the internet fraudsters come what may.

    The post reads: “No going back on the onslaught against yahoo-yahoo or yahoo-plus, whatever nomenclature. Give up, or give in. The Eagle will get you anytime, anywhere! #Eagleseries57 #EFCC #stopyahooyahoonow.”

    Meanwhile, the EFCC also posted a photo that reads, “Yahoo boys now going Spiritual. Even doing money Ritual and making it the new Usual. We will come for those individual(s). Tell them, it won’t be business as usual.”

     

  • Gov Abiodun dares ‘Yahoo Boys’ in Ogun to come after him

    Gov Abiodun dares ‘Yahoo Boys’ in Ogun to come after him

    Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday said internet fraudsters, known as yahoo boys and other criminals have threatened to come after him, following his resolve to wage war against them.

    Abiodun on January 21, re-launched the OP-MESA, where he declared war on Yahoo boys as well as kidnappers.

    But, while speaking on Wednesday in Abeokuta, Abiodun said the criminals are feeling the heat of the newly relaunched security outfit.

    Speaking at the meeting with Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State in Abeokuta, Abiodun said the criminals have decided to go after him because he had made life unbearable for them.

    He said, however, that he would continue to make life unbearable for enemies of the state.

    “After we launched our OP-MESA last week, I understand that they have been working extremely hard, infact, what I heard is that those criminals are now saying that Dapo Abiodun is making life unbearable for them and that they are going to also come after me. Well, let me assure you that I will continue to make life intolerable and unbearable for you and I’m waiting for you.”

    Speaking on the meeting with Makinde, Abiodun noted that kidnappings and other crimes are rampant at the border communities of the two states, hence, the need for a bilateral agreement.

    On his part, Gov Makinde said the joint security meeting “is the right thing to do and it is absolutely important we do it.”

    The Oyo governor said he and Abiodun had defied political party differences and pursued a common goal of fighting insecurity in their states.

    He insisted that state policing is vital to addressing insecurity challenges at the grassroots.

  • BREAKING: Pastor Ibiyeomie backtracks, says God loves Yahoo boys

    BREAKING: Pastor Ibiyeomie backtracks, says God loves Yahoo boys

    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”.

  • [VIDEO] Pastor Ibiyeomie rain curses on Yahoo boys, policemen

    [VIDEO] Pastor Ibiyeomie rain curses on Yahoo boys, policemen

    The founder of Salvation Ministry, Pastor David Ibiyeomie, has cursed internet fraudsters popularly called ‘Yahoo boys.’

    Ibiyeomie, who was preaching in his church recently, said Yahoo boys would get into an accident with a car because their activities have led to the death of some persons who they have scammed off all their retirement benefits.

    He also laid curses on police officers who released arrested Yahoo boys after collecting bribes from them.

    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!”

    He added, ”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.”

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  • Money Rituals: ‘Yahoo Boys’ on the Prowl – By Michael West

    Money Rituals: ‘Yahoo Boys’ on the Prowl – By Michael West

    By Michael West

    The increasing gruesome killings of women, especially young girls, for money rituals by bloodthirsty, heartless and desperate Yahoo boys are worrisome.

    The craze for quick money, fame and material wealth is driving the inordinate propensity of our youths into despicable and fetish practices like diverse blood rituals, eating of excreta, incestuous sex, sacrificing blood relations, spraying money in the public for rituals, bathing in the public places, eating human body parts, consuming hard drugs and fetish concoctions, walking naked in the open among other bizarre rituals. How our youths got to this mindless desperation for money without working to earn a living on their own is frightening. The Creed: “There’s dignity in labour,” does not make sense to them any more. They even detest to hear “hard work” as they often ask “who hard work helps?” The kind of flashy and ostentatious lifestyle they desire is not affordable by those who got their money through legitimate means. They venture into the crude and devilish activities for the wrong reasons.

    A video went viral recently which led to series of warning posts on social media to parents on the need to warn their daughters against befriending Yahoo boys. The girls are also warned to desist from attending parties not held in public places like event centres and open fields.

    In the video, girls in skimpy dresses were seen begging for mercy while some were being dragged into the inner part of the party venue. Their boyfriends had suddenly turned to ‘demons,’ clothed in red wrappers, tied red bonds on their heads with daggers firmly held in their hands to butcher the girls. Now, the girls were begging for their lives to be spared by the guys they accepted to be with. While the beginning drama was going on, “dorimen” music was blaring at the highest volume to overcome the screaming and cry for help by the unfortunate girls who became preys in the net of their Yahoo boyfriends. Like the devils that have no mercy or value for human life, the girls were stabbed several times, slaughtered and beheaded. Pleadings by the dying girls fell on deaf ears because their heartless lovers had to perform the rituals.

    A few days ago, a video surfaced online of a guy in Owerri, Imo State, who invited his mother to visit him in a hotel. The innocent mom went there with a bowl of fruits to give her son not knowing that she was a target for money ritual by her Yahoo son. It took the Providence for the mom to wrestle with the macho man to escape untimely death by jumping out of the window despite the burglary proof but not without sustaining serious injuries from several stabs in the course of the struggle.

    Only last week, the suspect that allegedly killed his 300 level university of Jos undergraduate girlfriend over a night in a hotel has been arrested. Her eyes, breasts and other vital body parts were removed. Until then, nobody knew that the innocent looking guy is a Yahoo boy.

    Middle of last year, a pregnant student was invited by her boyfriend and they went somewhere in company of his friends, she was killed, ripped her tummy open and removed all her internal organs including the foetus. Her lifeless body with empty stomach was seen in the bush.

    In November last year, a woman was invited by her Facebook friend to a hotel. After rounds of sex, the next day, her lifeless body was found with her tummy ripped open and her vital organs missing. Till now, the suspect has not been apprehended.

    Students of a particular university are known as specialists in Yahoo rituals. As far back as 2009/2010, the institution had become the training ground for what was then known as Yahoo plus. Today, virtually all institutions of higher learning have become breeding grounds for the crime.

    However, it is not every ritual that leads to physical death. The common ones are those that will appropriate the virtue of the victims for fortune and money rituals. It is done through sex!

    A friend told me of an undergraduate who wanted to renew his money ritual. He took one of his girlfriends to the spiritualists. Upon checking, it was discovered that the girl had since been “used.” Meaning she has lost her virtue or glory through sex. He brought another girl, he was told the same thing that the new girl also had been rendered empty. The student, who is said to be a big boy with a fleet of cars in the university town became desperate knowing the repercussions if he failed to meet up, began to take girls one after the other to the spiritualists. To his surprise, by the time the number of “used” and rejected girls reached 100, he broke down in tears. He was not sure if he will ever find a complete girl for the ritual before it is too late. My friend said “the implication is that many of our beautiful girls in schools are no longer real and complete daughters of their parents. They are mere empty shells and walking shadows of their old selves.”

    The “used” girls are just existing and not living. Such daughters may never amount to anything great or meaningful in life. What a pity! Apart from Yahoo boys, “aristos” who are mostly businessmen and politicians, also use the girls for fortune, fame and power rituals.

    Parents should stop pretending to be too busy to look after their children. They are partly culpable in this horrendous crime. Their boys left home as “good boys” only to return with weird hairstyle, studs or earrings in their ears, keep strange company of friends and spend money lavishly without asking to know the source is condemnable. That things are so rough economically is not an alibi to entertain criminal tendencies by looking away from a potential danger that may later consume the parents themselves as “items” for money rituals.

    The same thing goes for the girls. The girls start with being rebellious to parental control. They want to feel among, roll with “ruling” cliques of wave making girls in town, adorn unaffordable trendy designer wears and be buoyant enough to live big without legitimate jobs. Parents must clip their wings while they are still able to do so. Hailing daughters for doing what their parents can’t afford is an impetus to sliding deeper into immoral lifestyle. Such compromised parents will regret their negligence and act of dereliction when it is too late to reverse the situation. It is advisable for individuals to watch carefully while predators like Yahoo boys are prowling. Indeed, perilous time is here!

     

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    Re: ‘Callous Men are Devils, Please Run!’

    Thank God for her making and taking her stand against all odds. First to disabuse her mind about what will people say. Two, for her to realize she has a life and dreams to fulfill outside of a man and marriage. Three, that she is responsible for herself and accountable to God. I hope other women will come to terms and their senses to know this truth and live it. Life first, then, anyone and anything else may follow. – Olayode S., Lagos.

    I can relate with the ordeal of this woman. This was similar to my case. Mine was 16 years of constant abuse and denial. So mean, stingy and selfish. He hated to see me being appreciated by anybody else whether man or woman. He made me developed a self low esteem. He hurt me badly and nobody was available for me because my people believed his lies having successfully isolated me from my friends. I did exactly what that woman did. Inside the aircraft, I called him and said: “I’m calling to say goodbye. If God permits, we will meet again, definitely not as husband and wife. It’s good riddance to your bad rubbish. I’m gone for good. My children are here with me. Carry on with your miserable life. Bye!” Before he could say ‘jack’ I switched off my phone because the pilot was already on the runway. That’s I got here. I perfected everything under his nose without knowing. Thanks for the good job you’re doing. God bless you sir. – Mrs. B. A, Canada.

     

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  • EFCC arrests 60 suspected ‘Yahoo boys’ in Ogun

    EFCC arrests 60 suspected ‘Yahoo boys’ in Ogun

    Operatives of the Lagos Command of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 60 suspected internet fraudsters during an award ceremony at Conference Hotel in Abeokuta, Ogun.

     

    Spokesperson for EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday.

     

    Uwujaren, who said that the suspects were arrested at an event, tagged: “Peer Youths Awards”, added that investigation later revealed that the event was organised to reward high-level internet fraudsters.

     

    He listed the items recovered from the suspects at the point of arrest to include: exotic cars, electronic devices, laptop computers and mobile phones.

     

    According to the EFCC spokesman, the suspects will soon be charged to court.

  • 30 ‘Yahoo-Yahoo Boys’ busted at Kwara State University

    30 ‘Yahoo-Yahoo Boys’ busted at Kwara State University

    Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 30 suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation at Kwara State University, KWASU, Malete.

    Spokesperson of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement on Monday said the suspects were arrested following actionable intelligence on their alleged involvement in internet-related fraud activities.

    “Part of the intelligence indicated that suspected internet fraudsters were operating in campuses around Ilorin metropolis to swindle unsuspecting victims of their hard-earned income.

    “Based on the intelligence, and weeks of surveillance, operatives of the Commission on September 19, 2021 executed a search warrant in hostels within the KWASU campus, where a number of arrests were made,” he said.

    According to Uwujaren,in the course of interrogation, those found not culpable were released to the Student Union Government, SUG, of the School, while the targets of the sting operation were brought to the Ilorin Zonal Command for further questioning.

    “Some of the items recovered from them include six exotic cars, several laptops, mobile phones and other incriminating documents.

    “The suspects will be charged to court as soon as the investigation is concluded,” he said

  • EFCC arrests 10 suspected internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt [Photo]

    EFCC arrests 10 suspected internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt [Photo]

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday said it had arrested 10 suspected internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt.

    Spokesman for EFCC in Rivers, Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement in Port Harcourt that the suspects defrauded their victims of undisclosed sums of money and properties.

    “The suspects were arrested at God City Estate in Rumualgu and No. 23, Sam Mba Close, off NTA Akparale Road, all in Port Harcourt.

    “They were arrested following verified intelligence about their suspicious involvement in internet-related fraud,” he stated.

    Uwujaren listed items recovered from the suspects to include a blue-coloured Toyota Sienna XLE 2006 bus, a black-coloured Mercedes Benz C240 car and an ash-coloured Toyota Camry car.

    Other items are: 11 mobile phones, four laptops, Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards, one power bank and a Bluetooth speaker.

    The spokesman said the suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigation was concluded.