When we say money rituals DO NOT work – human body parts do not and can never magically vomit money for anyone or make you successful; it has no basis in reality; there is no evidence that it works and anyone who remotely believes in such baseless myth is not only irredeemably stùpiď but also a danger to people around them – we are not only trying to debunk a dangerous myth, we are also trying to keep the society sane and safe.

We can see the toll it is having on us. There is hardly a day you will check the news and won’t see stories of people beheading their fellow humans for money rituals. People are murdered everyday for nothing, human body parts are trafficked and ladies’ underwears are snatched at gunpoint. Rationality is sacrificed and absurdities take over. Superstition is dangerous to the general wellbeing of the society.

The idea that human body parts can magically make a person wealthy can only be believed by a degenerated brain.

It is this same insane superstition that motivates some young ladies to take pictures of men to some religious jamboree with the aim of ‘spiritually’ manipulating them into marriage.

Money ritual starts from the mind. Anyone who really believes it works is a potential ritualist and a danger to the society, because the first step to murdering people and using their body parts for rituals is to believe it works.

There is an urgent need to dispel this dangerous myth. It is a hoax that has taken the lives of innocent people.

Written by Steve Chike Abia

Wait first, why do so many people seem to be making excuses for yahoo boys with some creating unnecessary diversion all in a bid to shield Yahoo criminals from their criminality?

I mean, other times (more times than I can remember, actually) that I call out politicians here on this wall, how come no one comes out to remind me that the politicians are from amongst us, that I should equally call out the fraudulent petrol pump attendant, the corrupt civil servants who ask for bribe before moving your file etc but only yesterday that I called out those despicable criminals (murderers, actually, seeing as they have now added ritual killing to it), a whole lot of people jumped out and insisted I use that one post dedicated to yahoo boys to start calling out the same politicians I call out almost everyday ?

Some say I should blame bad government instead of blaming yahoo boys and I ask;

You that is asking me to blame bad govt and leave yahoo boys alone, are you not affected by bad govt too? Why have you not taken to yahoo too?

Should we equally start making excuses for Boko haram, bandits and the marauding herdsmen who people like Sheik Gumi has repeatedly argued are victims of bad govt too?

Should we stop frowning at every crime and criminals simply because we are experiencing bad govt???

Yahoo boys hardly steal from our corrupt politicians but go about stealing all the savings from our old pensioner parents, people’s hard earned money and even committing gruesome murder in the name of ritual killing, yet, the people who make excuses for them hardly offer the same excuses for other criminals and murderers like Boko Haram, the bandits, rapists, armed robbers, terrorists etc who are all victims of the same failed system.

Why is this so? Why do we defend and make excuses for only yahoo boys and not every other criminals even when everyone living in Nigeria including Charles Ogbu, are all victims of the Nigerian failed system?

Am I missing something here?

Charles Ogbu

The successful operation to free the American citizen kidnapped in in Niger republic and taken to Nigeria has shown the level of diplomatic and bilateral cooperation between the nations in getting rid of terrorism and banditry in Sub Saharan Africa. The US special forces mounted an operation in Nigeria to free an American citizen who had been kidnapped by armed men few days ago.  Forces including Navy SEALs rescued 27-year-old Philip Walton, who had been abducted on Tuesday from his home in neighboring southern Niger.

Speaking via diplomatic channels as posted by the United States Embassy, the United States Presidency said “Last night, at my direction, the United States military conducted a successful operation to rescue an American hostage in Nigeria, kidnapped just 96 hours earlier. United States Special Forces executed a daring nighttime operation to rescue their fellow American with exceptional skill, precision, and bravery. No United States Service Members were harmed. The former hostage is currently in good health and has been reunited with his family.”

US forces rescue American kidnapped in Niger | Niger | Al Jazeera

He added” Securing the freedom of Americans held in captivity abroad has been a top national security priority of my Administration. Since the beginning of my Administration, we have rescued over 55 hostages and detainees in more than 24 countries. Today’s operation should serve as a stark warning to terrorists and criminal thugs who mistakenly believe they can kidnap Americans with impunity.”

Walton was kidnapped by six men armed with AK-47 assault rifles who arrived on motorcycles at his home in southern Niger’s Massalata village early last week. They (kidnappers) demanded money and searched the family’s home before leaving with Walton. His wife, young daughter and brother were left behind.

Anthony Emeka Nwosu

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of six internet fraudsters.The fraudsters, who specialised in Business E-mail Compromise (BCG), internet fraud, and other related offences are: Chisom Emmanuel Odom; Isajimi Joshua; Tafa Basit; Adeleye Oladele Benjamin, Chukwu Simon and Amoo Tunmise.

They were sentenced and convicted by different Federal High Court judges at the Federal Capital Territory on charges bordering on internet frauds.The convicts’ problems started when residents of their respective neighborhoods petitioned the EFCC, alleging them of suspicious lifestyles as signals of criminality.

Investigation by the Commission revealed that the fraudsters converted their residences to dens, where they were operating freely and defrauding members of the public.Items discovered from them, upon their arrests, were electronic gadgets, ranging from sophisticated computer systems, software and hardware devices, browsers amongst others.

They were subsequently charged to different courts where they pleaded guilty.Justice F.O.G Ogunbanjo, convicted and sentenced Odom and Joshua while Justice Ojukwu of Federal High Court, convicted Benjamin to two years imprisonment. She also convicted and sentenced Tunmise and ordered him to pay a fine of N1million.In the same vein, Justice Binta Nyako convicted and sentenced Simon and Basit to six months and three months respectively.

EFCC

The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 arraigned a suspected fraudster, Ikujemisi Modupe Naomi before Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos on two-count charges of obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N2, 790,000.00( Two Million, Seven Hundred and Ninety Thousand Naira only).
The sum is the value of 18,000 litres of Automotive Gas Oil (diesel), she fraudulently obtained from her victim, Miss Faith Meribe.

One of the charge read, “That you, Ikujemisi Modupe Naomi, sometime in 2017 in Lagos, within the Ikeja judicial division, by false pretence and with intent to defraud, induced Miss Faith Meribe of Merit Integrated Service to confer a benefit of 18,000 litres of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) valued at N2,790. 000. 00 (Two Million, Seven Hundred and Ninety Thousand Naira) on you by permitting the 18,000 litres of Automotive Gas Oil to be delivered to you on the understanding that the Automotive Gas Oil would be paid for, which pretext you knew to be false and committed an offence contrary to Section 1(1)(b)(2) and (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act No. 14 of 2006.”

She pleaded not guilty to the charges upon which
prosecution counsel, Chikezie Edozie, prayed the court for a trial date and for the defendant to be remanded in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NSC.

The defence counsel, however, informed the court of her client’s pending bail application and sought a short adjournment date.

Justice Solebo ordered for her remand in the custody of the EFCC and adjourned the matter to August 4,2020 for hearing of bail application.

EFCC