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CULTISM IN NIGERIA AND HOW IT AFFECTS BUCCANEERS AS A CONFRATERNITY

1. Introduction

It is disheartening to note that cultism activities in Nigeria has become something of great concern.

The prevalence of cultism in Nigerian universities today cannot be over-emphasized. Cults are also called secret societies because their activities and practices are hidden from the public eye and done in highly secretive and secluded places.

Members of secret cults often swear an oath of allegiance or go into covenant with each other and they are meant to defend their beliefs and practices to their last breath. Cultism is one of the major vices confronting the educational sector as members engage in various destructive acts such as making painful inscriptions on the bodies of new members, ritual practice, murder, taking of hard drugs, indecent dressing, intimidation of others, armed robbery, sexual assault, and kidnapping, among others.

Cultism can be defined as a ritual practice by a grou