2022: A Year To Be Extra Careful

Hashim Yussuf Amao, Ibadan

"Never Put Too Much Trust In Friends" is the second Law of Robert Greene's 48 Law Of Power. With the torrent of heart-wrenching reports of rituals that marked 2021, the need to advise Nigerians - especially youths - is one among reasons that unsheathed my pen from its cap. Hopefully, they won't cock a deaf 'un to my words.

Waned are the days when dignity and labour had no line of demarcation between them; the good old days when the financial solace dwelled in legitimate work. "Isẹ logun isẹ" Work is the antidote to poverty, a salient song matched with action was the one that moistened the lips of the old generation. Regard for humanity was at its acme, pleasure comes after exploits, likewise, human blood was sacred. Lately, the tide had taken a turn. The get-rich-quick syndrome had overwhelmed the thought of the 21st century champs who only want to pop champagne without bearing pain. And the fastest route to that? The "fetish" cyber fraud - Yahoo plus.

Yahoo plus, the deadlier level of Yahoo Yahoo, a Nigerian parlance which denotes cyber fraud is a pestilence that had eaten deep among the "woke" Nigerian Youths. It warrants using dubious and fetish means to scam unsuspecting individuals, companies and organizations. Even Governments at all levels are not spared of this duplicitous rod. In March 2021, Nigeria ranked 16th in the FBI International Cybercrime report; coming after United Kingdom, Canada and India, that ranked 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively. In similar vein, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) disclosed that as at September 2021, 80 per cent of its 978 convictions were connected to cybercrime and cybercrime related offences. An attestation to the alarming rate of cybercrime in Nigeria.

With this alarming rate of cyber fraud, it's pertinent to mention that high percent of these frauds are perpetrated with the aid of supernatural effects - voodoo - and the tools used in abetting this are other careless and greedy youths - ladies in specificity. Their heads are used in breaking the fetish coconut, after all, they also want to "chill with the big boys", hence, their fetish and fraudulent friends/boyfriends make them see "how the thing goes" in the hard way. Many reports of females who were used for rituals last year made round the internet, and sent doubt down one's spine, whether to pity them or act blind towards their agony. Although, many of them were greedy to spend and chill with these fraudulent guys, but some were only careless, given the trust they had in their friends who would later meet them with misfortune.

This is 2022, a year to be extra careful in visiting friends or keeping company of friends with suspicious source of income. Trust friends less in 2022 - regardless of how good or friendly they are, or their parents. It's a crazy era where parents, especially mothers now form "Mothers of Yahoo boys association" and seek every fetish help for their children's indulgence, as asserted by the then acting chairman of EFCC, Ibrahim Magu on Oct 31, 2019. Your friend's mother could be the devil that would whisper to him to use you for ritual - it's 2020 and you should be cautious with friends you visit, lest you become a tool for ritual. May God forbid. May you forbid too.

In 2022, also, be extra careful with calibre of friends whose company you keep, especially friends with raggedy lifestyle who could belong to cult groups. Many of them had perpetrated crimes against rival cultist groups and when retaliation dawns on them, they get attacked alongside anyone found with them. May you reading this not be a victim of negative circumstance.

In 2022, be extra careful too while moving about, especially in unsecured areas. Nigeria is now the third most unsecured nation in the world, only after Afghanistan and Iraq according to the current Global Terrorism Index (GTI). Some of the victims who were kidnapped or sent to their graves in 2021 met their kismet for not being careful with their movements. As Nigeria had failed to protect us, protecting ourselves is an option we must choicelessly resort to.

2023 election is around the corner, buck the trend of unnecessary political arguments, fights and backwashes. No politician or political party is worth your dear life. Be extra careful in 2022 and not put your life on the line for any politicians who do not know about your existence or your fights for their political success.

Finally, in year 2022, be more careful with cyber security. Phishing and Vishing could fish one's pond of data through unsuspecting websites and calls. With a click on the wrong links, one's data may have been exposed to cyber thiefs. A strange call wrongly answered, may expose one to serial hackers. For the next 12 months and beyond, be extra careful with your actions and words. For you and I, may 2022 be prosperous.

Hashim Yussuf Amao, Ibadan
Twitter: @LegalBard

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Lol

I see evil doers, ritualist, armed robbers, ràpists, murders... etc, reaping all they have sowed over the years in this 2022.

I see 2022 being referred to as a year of death, cos it's going to swallow so many evil people, I see sanity returning back to Nigeria.

This I have seen.

It's becoming a very crazy and fast world out there. We'll be fine by the grace of God.


And by the way, why can't one comment on Nairaland Muslim threads without answering those annoying questions. Wetin concern una and my religion? I don't understand at all. What about other religions, what's to be done about that? This makes no sense at all. I thought we have freedom of speech and freedom of religion in Nigeria? What's with this sentimentality?

Hmmmm

Words of wisdom

Thank you!!!

OK, I have heard you, thanks.

Una wey dey agree to that stupid,, despicable, lowest of lowlife declaration on Islamic thread below dey try o.,I love salute una.. Fire dem!

fact
after all i have seen in my life time
i cant trust anyone like that
best to keep your circle real small and watch your back

a wise man once said - an enemy cannot betray you

focus

Anyone that believes charm, juju, sacrifice is used for FRAUD is a big Dundee.

Fraud is Fraud, even those being asked for human sacrifice are being scammed by the herbalists themselves. Na for only Africa we take dey believe rubbish

Hmmm...

Has there ever been a year to be careless?

and also adhere to self control, most of this young ladies, they don use them. finish, control your pr**k, no be every hole you see you go chook, no say I no tell you.

Thunder fire buhari

Yes, extra careful especially posting and commenting on NL

I noticed I can't comment on an Islamic post without answering some questions and confirming if I'm a Muslim or not.

That doesn't make any sense

A word they say is enough for the wise. Anyone who wishes to be unfortunate this year should ignore this, most especially the deaf and "my own case will be different" ones.

U can't be so careful as to prevent death when it comes

Everyone has an opinion. The best thing you can do for yourself this year invest in your future, and live everyday with a purpose. Never stay idle! Get curious and learn

One should always be careful. It has nothing to do with 2022.
Also try to be a bit more concise in your writings.

Ok o

One doesn't need a prophet to tell one so ..

When you're careless with your life, your enemies will help you take care of it...

Yes it is. The days are evil

Poor people eeeehhhh



Everything makes them afraid




Poor people eeeehhhh


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