YOU must have heard about them from Twitter or from the curses of an innocent sister-turned-victim; Yoruba demons are real and they do not fear to practice their famed demonology even in the church. You don't have to be Yoruba to be a Yoruba demon, all you need to be is a heartless playboy who has a penchant for fastidious fornication.
Over the weekend, it was reported that a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), City of David Parish, launched a dating website for the matchmaking needs of mature singles. They believe that this online dating platform will help members of the church to "enhance sustainable interaction and find life partners" but some young people already have other plans.
When a single lady seeks to find a romantic partner in Lagos, she is a potential partner to a few serious suitors and a potential prey to a handful of young Yoruba playboys. The problem with the world of the singles —and the married too— is the problem of insincerity.
Even if the RCCG parish begs applicants (with serious intent to get married within a year or two upon enlisting as a member) to register with honest words about themselves, there are surely a number of people who are manufacturing a tailored resume for this dating website. I am afraid the youths of the church, and Nigeria of course, will eventually abuse this connectnow.com initiated by the church.
The originators of this dating website will do well to sanction every defaulting applicant promptly and consistently. Brother Barnabas and Elder Eric can easily be random demons disguising well enough until they claim the shattered shapes of broken hearts as trophies from what they are already referring to as holy hookups.
The algorithm can do its best to match potential partners with some shared interests but it will not easily detect wily young men on the sole mission to beat the system.
