Yahoo yahoo boys are armed robbers

Head Pastor of Rhema Deliverance Ministry Awka Anambra state, Ejike Nwachukwu has described Nigerian youths indulging in Internet fraud, popularly known as yahoo -yahoo, as armed robbers.

He called on pastors not to pray for internet fraudsters, saying that there is no difference between them and thieves.

Nwachukwu, who spoke at the church’s parish in Awka during a special Sunday service yesterday, said there is a growing trend of youths becoming internet fraudsters to make quick money, just as there is a growing trend of the fraudsters visiting pastors for prayers for them to succeed in their crimes.

“If you are a yahoo boy, you are a thief, and there is no difference between you and an armed robber.

“You collect people’s money under the guise of doing business with them and you disappear, and you inflict a lot of suffering on them, to the point that sometimes they even die and you come to me for prayers. I will not pray for you,” he stated.

“Two young men came to my office the other day with N2million, they said it was for seed offering, and that they had a business they were believing God to materialize soon, and that the money is for seed offering.

“I looked at them, two young boys with N2million. I asked them what business they were expecting and they said it was a deal, and that they would bring more money to me once the deal paid off, and even promised to buy me an SUV.

“I prayed and the Lord revealed to me that it was internet fraud, and I told them so and they confirmed it. I walked them out of my office, but only one left and returned with extra N2million, in the hope that if the money was big, I would accept, but I sent two of them out,” he said.

He wondered how two young people with N4million cannot use it to begin a meaningful venture.