• “It was ‘Ogu Oru’ (Strange Illness), not Rituals” — Grieving mother breaks silence • Reveals how the sickness returned 4 days after his baby’s naming ceremony

By Gist & Gossip Desk

LAGOS — Omo, make everybody calm down and listen o! The mother of late street-pop star Destiny Boy, Madam Saida, has finally come out to shut the mouths of internet trolls shouting “Blood Money” and “Rituals” over her son’s sudden death.

While social media has been buzzing with wild theories about why a young, successful boy would just slump and die, his mother has decided to spill the tea on the secret battle the family has been fighting for years.

Madam Saida looked trolls in the eye and said: “Stop it!” She revealed that Destiny Boy was not involved in any money ritual. Instead, he had been battling a strange, long-term illness known in Yoruba land as Ogu Oru.

She explained that this sickness often caused him to have severe seizures and act strangely.

“People spreading stories that he did money rituals are only using his death to gain attention,” the heartbroken mother said. “We hid his illness from the public because he was a well-known singer.”

Here is the part that is touching people’s hearts. Madam Saida revealed that the sickness had actually gone down, but it returned with full force just four days after Destiny Boy’s baby naming ceremony.

She said they had gone to visit their father figure and traditional ruler, Oba Edu Ifayomi, to collect a ram for the celebration. It was right there that the “village people” struck again—Destiny Boy collapsed.

Madam Saida spilled that they tried everything. Oba Edu treated the boy like his own son, paying hospital bills and even moving him to different hospitals. When oyinbo medicine didn’t work, they went traditional.

“Oba Edu asked us to bring him… I was the one who gave him the soap to bathe. After that, he looked fine again for a while,” she narrated.

The saddest part of the gist? Destiny Boy was actually bubbling on Saturday! He was buying things for people, greeting fans, and preparing for a show on Sunday. But the seizures returned when his guardian, Oba Edu, had traveled to Ife. By the time the King rushed back, it was too late.

So, for those shouting “Ritual,” Mama has spoken. It was a health battle, not blood money.