The circumstances behind Destiny Boy’s death have been disclosed by Saida, his mom.
The singer gained popularity in 2019 after performing Davido’s popular song in Fuji. On Sunday, January 18, 2025, the young star suddenly passed away following a protracted, unexplained illness called “Ogu oru,” which frequently resulted in convulsions.
Saida clarified that the family, traditional healers, and clerics had been attentively monitoring her son’s condition in a video that went viral on Monday.
She claimed that because of his celebrity status, they concealed the disease from the public even though it had nearly severely affected him.
In her words, “Destiny went to rest. When he gave birth to his child, about four days after the naming, we went to Oba Edu Ifayomi, who initiated him traditionally. The man likes him as his son, so that’s why he told us to come and collect a ram for the baby’s naming ceremony. It was then that the sickness caught up with him, causing him to fall.
“It was there that we took him to the hospital. Oba Edu said we should ensure he’s properly treated and that he will take care of himself. He kept sending us money even when he was transferred to about two other hospitals.
When we saw the trend of the sickness, we told him that we should go traditional, and he said we should bring him to his place. I was the one he even gave the soap to bathe him.
“We returned, and he was fine. The sickness he battled with was ‘Ogu oru,’ which caused him to have seizures. The sickness had almost run him mad. We were the ones who always ensured that he didn’t run out in the process of calming him.”
“On Saturday, he still bought things for people, greeted his fans, and said he had a show on Sunday. Even then, the seizure caught him again,” she said in response to her son being involved in rituals.
