Yahooboy attempts to kill mother for money rituals

A Yahoo boy,  Taiwo Akinola, 29, has made attempt to use his mother, Mrs Alice Iyabo Akinola, for ritual in what is known as Yahoo Plus, on Sunday August 19, 2018. This was confirmed in a statement released by CSP Chike Oti , Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer on Monday.

According to him, the incident occured in Ayobo, Ipaja, Lagos State on Sunday 19/08/2018.

He said, " The boy  battered his helpless mother whose face and skull, in his morbid attempt to advance his cyber fraud business ( yahoo.com) to the bloody or ritual level  (yahoo plus).

" The incident took place on the Sunday at about 0830hrs, at No.2 Raji Ajanaku street, Alaja Road, Ayobo, Lagos, inside the flat the suspect,Taiwo Akinola, age 29 years lives with his mother, Mrs Alice Iyabo Akinola and her grandchild Master Faruk, age 14 years. 

" In a carefully thought out plans to kill his mother, Taiwo, said to be staunch member of the notorious Aiye confraternity,  went to the victim's  provision store in front of their apartment and told his mother to meet him inside the house for an important discussion and at same time sent his nephew, Faruk to go buy him a white handkerchief and a stick of cigarette.

" As soon as the victim entered the house, the suspect attacked her, smashing her head with a plank, pressing iron and a UPS charger to ensure she didn't survive the ferocious attack.

"When Faruk returned from the errand, he didn't see his grandmother in the shop so he went into the house only to see the poor woman lying in a pool of blood. Shocked by what he saw, the small boy raised the alarm which attracted neighbours to the scene," the Force PPRO stated in his statement.

He further said that the Divisional Police Officer( DPO) in charge of Ayobo Division, was informed about the incident by residents of the area and he immediately drafted officers of the Police to the scene.


He disclosed that the suspect had been arrested and the environment hss been secured for further investigation by the police forensic experts attached to the Homicide section SCIID Panti, Yaba.

The Police PPRO said that the victim has been rushed to an undisclosed hospital for treatment and was found to be hanging onto life.

He said, "Right now, the doctors are battling to revive Mrs Alice Akinola presently unconscious"

He however noted that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police has paid the initial hospital cost which  enabled the doctors to commence treatment.

He said, " After a brief interrogation, the suspect disclosed that he was asked to kill his mother in order to have more money.

The officers who searched his room, found the following exhibits :- Two calabashes with one containing human skull and the other, a mixture of dark concoction;
* A plank perforated with  nails and  stained with blood;

*A pressing iron stained with blood;

* A white handkerchief with which he wanted to scoop the victim's blood;

* A bottle containing oil and  labelled Back To Sender;

The Commissioner of Police calls on Lagosians to join the force against all forms of crime and criminality.

We added that cooperation is needed between the citizens and Police, in order to root out the street cult groups. He asked them to swiftly report any case or threat to peace and security  posed by these nefarious associations to the authorities.