Yahoo Boy Stabs His Parents After Black Magic Soap Fails

Daniel Bamidele, a 20-year-old suspected Yahoo Boy, was detained for stabbing his parents on Thursday, January 25.

According to The Nation, Daniel’s mother, Titilayo, was seriously injured and fled their home in the Apabielesin neighbourhood of Ibadan, Oyo State, asking for help while her son crept into their home and assaulted her and his father with a machete.

Bystanders raced into the house, restrained Daniel, and took away the machete he used to assault his parents.

After being stripped of the long knife by neighbours who held him down and rescued his father from his grip, Daniel explained that he had been making a living via cybercrime, also known as Yahoo business, for quite some time. He stated that his parents were aware that he had already built a three-bedroom bungalow with the proceeds of the criminal activity.

Daniel also vowed to open a store for his mother and stock it with items so she could become a successful trader once he made a breakthrough.

He claimed his mother and elder brother conspired to defraud him of N2.5 million, notwithstanding his promise to get her a business.

He said; “I purposely lured my mother from a church programme she was attending, and as soon as we arrived home, I attacked her with a knife and was already inflicting cuts on her body when my father tried to save her from me.

“I attacked my father too because if I had not stabbed both of them, they would have succeeded in killing me.”

Daniel also said that he attacked his mother and father with a knife because they gave him a fictitious name, rendering the magic black soap he received from a white garment church priest ineffective. He further revealed that he listed his elder brother as his next of kin on his bank documents, yet that same elder brother was supposedly trying to play smart with his money.

Daniel said; “I am a 200-level student of LAUTECH and I have built a three-bedroom bungalow from the money I made from doing yahoo business. I am angry with my parents, particularly my mother, for giving me a fake name instead of her real name.

“There is a particular black magic soap that I have been using lately. The soap was given to me by the priest of a white garment church named Mathew.

“I was the one who bought a generator for Pastor Mathew’s church around Ona Grammar School in Ogbomosho.

“The soap was meant to bring me good fortune, but there was the need for me to call my mother’s name into it before it could work.

“My mother told me that her name is Titilayo. But when I called the name into the soap, it did not work. Hence, I got angry and decided to stab her.”

However, Daniel’s mother, Titilayo, stated that she did not collect any money from him. She said: “I was called on the phone to come pick up my son from school at LAUTECH when he started exhibiting mental illness.

“When we got home, his father brought a native medicine home and gave him to use. He slept off after taking the medicine.

“However, when he woke up, he demanded the whereabouts of his phone and I told him I did not take his phone. He landed several blows on me.

“He is a liar; I did not collect any money from him.”

Daniel’s father also accused his wife of knowing everything about how his son got into the Yahoo business and acquired a mansion with the money he made from the fraudulent activity.

He said; “My wife was the one that indulged him (Daniel). She knew when her son started building a house, yet she did not tell me.”

A Gentle Reminder: Every obstacle is a stepping stone, every morning; a chance to go again, and those little steps take you closer to your dream.

Nnamdi Okoli