Pidgin Corner
Yahoo boy dey use him pastor account collect N70m from clients
One shocking wahala happen for Orhuwhorun, inside Warri, wia one assistant pastor for Winners Chapel church dem catch am for one fraudulent transaction with one yahoo boy, wey lead to plenty violent mata.
As report talk, di pastor wey dey serve as middleman for one group of internet fraudsters, don become target of pipo wey dey vex afta one transaction wey involve foreign account go wrong.
Di story start wen one Yahoo boy wey dey from di pastor street give am work.
Di pastor, wey dey act as middleman, help process financial transaction with him account.
Di money don transfer well into di pastor account and di recipient, wey be white man from USA, don confirm am.
But wahala come start wen di recipient refuse to send di money go Naija, even though di transfer don successful.
Di mata come escalate fast wen di Yahoo boy, plus odafraudsters wey dey involved for di scheme, come begin beat di pastor well well.
Dem say dem force am to sleep for ground while dem dey stomp am, dey demand make dem solve di issue.
Di beating no end there, as dem later tell di pastor make e repair one phone wey don spoil for di wahala, wey go cost 35,000 naira.
Unfortunately, di pastor no fit pay di repair money.
Di pastor, wey don marry and get three pikin, don already sell some of him things to pay him pikin school fees and dey struggle to make ends meet.
In one desperate try to solve di mata, e reach out to oda pastors for church make dem help am.
Dem fit gada 35,000 naira to repair di phone, but di mata still dey hot, as di oda party wey dey involved dey demand 300,000 naira by di next day.
Di mata don turn more complicated as dem don reveal say di pastor and di Yahoo boy don agree to share 70 million naira.
Di pastor go collect 35 million naira, and di same amount go go to di Yahoo boy and him guys. But di white man wey suppose transfer di money, refuse to send am, wey make di whole plan scatter.
“Dis morning, something happen to me. Di pesin wey dey involved na assistant pastor for Winners’ Chapel for Orhuwhorun Warri area.”
“Di pastor don dey help some Yahoo boys, and one of dem give am work.
Di Yahoo boy use di pastor account for transaction, and di transaction work well.
Di money enta di account, and di pesin wey suppose collect am confirm am.
Di wahala come wen di receiver refuse to send di money go Naija.”
“Di account owner na white man from di USA, and di pastor dey act as di middle man.”
“Di Yahoo boys come vex and start to beat di pastor.
Dem even make am lie down for ground, dey step on am.
Di situation come worse because di guy wey give di pastor di work don collect from oda pipo wey dey part of di deal.”
“So, wen di oda parties no fit reach di guy wey give di pastor di job, dem destroy im property and injure im wife.
Di aggression wey come from dem transfer to di pastor, and dem break im phone for di process.
Di guy come demand say di pastor go fix di phone, wey go cost 35,000.”
“However, di pastor no get any money to fix di phone.
In fact, he don already sell some of im belongings to pay im children school fees.
He dey even struggle to feed im family, as he dey married with three children.
Di pastor come call im fellow pastors make dem help settle di mata. Dem come together and manage to pay di 35k to repair di phone.”
“But di issue no end for there.”
Di oda party don demand 300k from di pastor by tomorrow, no mata wetin happen.
Di original agreement wey dey between di pastor and di guy na 50:50 split, with total of 70 million.
Di pastor and im partner suppose collect 35 million, while di oda party go share di remaining 35 million.
But di deal no go as dem expect because di white man refuse to send di money go Naija.
Dere still be one secondary agreement wey dey between di pastor and di guy.
If di job fail, di guy go pay di pastor share. But tins take turn for di worse, and everytin turn upside down.
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