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A 20-year-old internet fraudster, identified as Daniel Bamidele, violently attacked and stabbed his parents when his mother refused to disclose her real name.
This information was crucial for activating a black ritual soap that Daniel believed would bring him wealth.
The incident unfolded in the Bamideles’ Apabielesin residence in Ibadan, Oyo State capital. Enraged by his mother's actions, Daniel assaulted both parents with a machete.
Titilayo, his mother, managed to escape and raise the alarm, leading to the intervention of bystanders who subdued Daniel and disarmed him.
According to Daniel, his parents were aware he was an internet fraudster, a venture he claimed enabled him to build a three-bedroom bungalow.
He accused his mother and elder brother of cheating him out of N2.5 million. Frustrated by his mother providing a false name, rendering the ritual soap ineffective.
He revealed that the soap, given to him by a white garment church priest, was intended for good fortune but required his mother’s real name for activation.
“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,” he stated in a report by the Nation.
“I attacked my father too because if I had not stabbed both of them, they would have succeeded in killing me.”
Continuing, he said, “I am a 200-level student of LAUTECH (Ladoke Akintola University of Technology), 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, Titilayo denied receiving any money from Daniel. She recounted being called to pick him up from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) due to his mental health issues.
After taking native medicine given by his father, Daniel’s condition seemed to worsen, leading to the assault.
“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, on the other hand, blamed his wife for indulging their son’s fraudulent activities and not informing him about the house construction funded by cybercrime.
