Reports been circulating online stating that not less than 50 people have lost their lives after attending a birthday party of a suspected Yahoo boy in Akute , Ogun state . According to the reports, the incident happened last week and since then there have been numerous reports of young people losing their lives in the area . A Twitter user identified as @ pelumiawotedu broke the news on Twitter and many others users have waded in the discussion , corroborating his claims In the story making rounds, the yahoo boy celebrated his birthday party in a grand style last Sunday with over 50 of his friends in attendance . Unfortunately , it ’ s been alleged that 50 of those friends in attendance are dying mysteriously . Some Twitter users living within the same area left a comment about the incident that occurred on the fateful Sunday. “@ysquare _ r also claimed that his neighbor lost her friend , her child , and son to the strange incident . Not only that, but he had also claimed to a man in his street attending the birthday party with four of his friends and 5 of them are all dead. ” With the public outrage wanting to know the reason behind this ugly incident , most persons are redirecting the cause for the massive deaths to be food poisoning and not anything concerning yahoo rituals . This is because the young man who celebrated his birthday is also reported dead.