
In December 2021, a suspected Internet fraudster from Edo State, identified only as Osas, allegedly murdered his girlfriend, Elohor Oniorosa, for ritual purposes. This has drawn many into desperate measures, including taking the lives of close family members and friends. The belief in gaining wealth through mystical practices has gained much appeal over the decades in Nigeria with the exponential rise in poverty and lack of equal economic opportunities, especially for young people.Īccording to the 2022 Multidimensional Poverty Index Survey released by the National Bureau of Statistics, 63 per cent of Nigerians, which account for 133 million citizens, are multi-dimensionally poor due to a lack of access to health, education, living standards, employment, and security. Later on, I was introduced to the crypto business that I now do.” “It was then I decided to withdraw from this stuff and went back into teaching for some time. This one said he would perform a ritual for me but one of its conditions was that I must never have sex with more than one girlfriend for the next three years and if I did otherwise, I would run mad. Then, I was taken to another voodoo practitioner. “My friend found me another client but I ended up wasting money rather than gaining some. I ended up becoming more broke than before.

The client I was getting money from was arrested and ended up in jail and I no longer had any financial link. He said, “Things suddenly turned sour after four months. “He said once I bathe with the ‘upgraded’ soap the cleric would prescribe, I could only wear the clothes and shoes I had and I must not change them for the next two years,” he added.įour months after he dabbled in osole, Olajide realised that his fortunes began to dwindle as reality pulled the plug on his gravy train.
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“But I didn’t go back because I asked my friend who took me there about what the new upgrade entails since that was what he did, and he warned me sternly against it because of the repercussions behind it. The cleric had assured me of having lots of money from osole, but he advised me to return to him for an upgrade of the ritual by paying N450,000, saying I would be making millions of naira after using the alleged ‘upgraded’ soap. “I ended up getting plenty money from this client.

The inexplicable ease with which his ‘client’ gave him money implied that he (client) had been hypnotised. Olajide then began to siphon money from the victim. When he spoke, he recalled faithfully following all the instructions given to him, but for the next two months, as the cleric predicted, he experienced serious financial hardship.Īt this point, he said his friend introduced him to a client (victim), who had been defrauded several times. When our correspondent inquired from Olajide if the magic worked, and in what specific ways the money came to him, he was silent. Whether through animal sacrifices or trafficking in human parts, it is erroneously believed that these rites bring stupendous wealth to those who practice them.

The idea of recipients conjuring money through magic is a familiar theme in many Nigerian films and religious houses. He also told me that I would experience more hardship during the first two or three months of using the ritual materials, but I should endure it because after that, the tide will turn and money will be flowing in from my clients,” he added.

“He said the herbal concoction was made from animals like crow, chameleon, cat, pigeon, and some leaves. “When I went back to him, he gave me three different materials: a soap to bath with every morning by 4am, a potion which I must swallow daily after taking my bath, and a powdery mixture to be licked every night before I go to bed. Olajide said he complied with all the instructions. He warned that if I didn’t use the palm oil first, I was going to disappear and I would not be seen again. “He explained to me that the soap was made with pepper mixed with some herbs and directed me to rub the palm oil on my body first before bathing with the soap.
