Yahoo boy arrested after attempting to kill mother for ritual purpose

A 29-year old man, Taiwo Akinola has been arrested by the Lagos State Police for brutally attacking his mother, Mrs. Alice Iyabo Akinola, with a plank and pressing iron for money ritual at their residence in Lagos.

The incident happened in the town of Ayobo, on Sunday August 19 where residents were greeted with the gory sight of a helpless mother whose face and skull were badly battered by her son in his morbid attempt to upgrade his cyber fraud business (yahoo.com) to the ritual level (yahoo plus).

According to police spokesman, the incident took place at 08:30pm at 2 Raji Ajanaku street, Alaja Road, Ayobo, Lagos, inside the flat, where the suspect lived with his mother, Mrs. Alice Iyabo Akinola, and her grandchild, Faruk,14.

In a carefully thought out plan to kill his mother, Taiwo was said to have gone to his mother’s provision store in front of their apartment and told her to meet him inside the house for an important discussion while he sent his nephew, Faruk, to buy a white handkerchief and a stick of cigarette.

Taiwo, who is said to be a staunch member of Aiye confraternity, attacked his mother as soon as she entered the house, 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. The little boy raised the alarm which attracted neighbours to the scene, said police.

According to police, the neighbours called the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ayobo Division who arrived the scene with his team and promptly arrested the suspect.

Mrs. Alice, who was rushed to an undisclosed hospital for treatment, is hanging on to life, said police adding that doctors are battling to revive her but she is still unconscious.

During interrogation, the suspect was said to have disclosed that he was asked to kill his mother in order to have more money.

Police said when Taiwo’s room was searched, some exhibits were recovered in it.

Exhibits included: Two calabashes with one containing human skull and the other, a mixture of dark concoction; plank perforated with nails and stained with blood; a pressing iron stained with blood; white handkerchief with which he wanted to scoop the victim’s blood and bottle containing oil and ‘labeled Back to Sender’.

 

God forbid bad thing.... What kind of a child without conscience and fear is this?