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Very sad!.
Waay beck in the days, I needed a minimum GPA of about 3.5 or more to be considered for my admired college fraternity and before marching with the fightin' cadet's bugle rank at all. WHAT do these killer gangs ask from intending members?. 80 students dead and not a single conviction?. Anyone interested in some investigations may want to start here for a few clues. Scary names and more. Probly except one.

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Scary sights and gory pictures !

Cult activities have killed people I know. I have equally helped resolve and negotiate issues amongst warring cult members through the force of my personality and reputation while in the university . So, I think the first issue in resolving the issue of cultists is understanding the psyche of the cultists and how they see and interpret power in the larger society.

Most university administrators have no idea what the problem is and how to solve the issue. Christianity doesn't help matters some times, it judges the people and does not offer real solutions.

What we see is an emerging phenomenon in our society and a reflection of a larger society on the university campuses. It mirrors the society.It is going to get scarier unless the value system changes and there is an attraction in staying in the university. It means engaging the minds of the kids at a critical time in their lives and helping them transition to the larger society with more tools to enable them survive the real world.

As the society is wired at the moment, criminals survive in the real world.

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Prof. Wole Soyinka, should not shift the blame of MONSTER he and his so-called 'pyrate fraternity' members created in Nigerian universities. His devilish creation was part of the Nigerian mentality, i.e. (I'm better than you attitude of the 'have' and 'have not' in Nigeria society, the so-called oppressors), the cancar worm that is destroying our society today.
The secret of the matter is that, few of them gathered themselves together in early 1960s amongst other academicians, to form the so-called devilish fraternity, to set themselves aside as 'SPECIAL PEOPLE' (that was their aims, the black man mentality). After all, they have got the white man education, (few amongst millions of Nigerians with such a priviledge then), why not flaunt their newly acquired status, hence the creation of 'pyrate fraternity, the monster that then metamorphosized into CULTS in Nigeria universities today. Why then shift the blame on others, Mr. Professor? l can assured you that history will definitely judge all the evil doers in Nigeria. Whether you like it or not, that was the legacy your actions left in our higher institutions.
The Asians used their western education to do something great for their countries, (both India and Pakistan are nuclear powers, China, will soon become super power in a few years time), but what did we get from our so-called academicians in Africa, OPPRESSION.
Mr. Professor, instead of blaming others or moaning about cultism in our higher institution, go back to the drawing board and come of with a solution on how to get rid of the monsters you created.

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Most university administrators have no idea what the problem is and how to solve the issue. Christianity doesn't help matters some times, it judges the people and does not offer real solutions.

As the society is wired at the moment, criminals survive in the real world.

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I may be wrong but I keep thinking that the name or frame given to things matter a great deal. Can you imagine what will happen to a 'normal' child called a goat? Don't you think the child will start to think him/her self a goat? I see the same thing happening to the cults. Society framed a youth thing (call it rascality) as cult and since then they have decided to live up to the connotation of what they think a cult should be. Can you imagine if they were called something like Oniranu or something that they will never be proud about. The name cult is to dignifying..... I think
Sorry if I do not make sense, this matter is too prepostrous.
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First of all,I think the number of dead students is grossly understated.Many more students are dead and will die as long as this menace remains on our campuses.A few years ago,renouncement was introduced and it was a big hit in the nations universities where it took place;cultists came out in full view of students and staff,renounced their affiliations to cults,surrendered their weapons and hoped for clemency.It was on TV,it was on the radio,it was in the newspapers.People watched these renounciations,gasped at the type of weapons students brought to school and wondered who was equipping them.The idea was that if they came out and renounced in full view of everyone,the likelihood of them going back was greatly reduced-wrong.Many of them went back,some held out for a little longer because they needed the clemency granted them to be able to graduate.Cultism in Nigerian universities is not going to end anytime soon unless the government takes an active interest in eradicting it.Young men and women will keep dying needlessly unless something is done quickly.The schools have to put their feet down and deal with these miscreants no matter whose sons and daughters they are.
Secondly,I don't think Soyinka is to blame.Maybe he really didn't plan for his 'elite' fraternity to evolve into the killing machine that it is now.After all,it is not only Pyrates that we are worried about,there are others even several for females.Whatever the case,holding him to blame is not going to solve what is almost a national crisis.Parents too need to take action,churches too and other groups.If something is not done,this violence will filter into our streets(it has already,cultists seek out enemies and murder or maim them even when school is not in session).There has to be something solid in place to keep these students occupied,it is not just enough to ask them to get out of cults.Create jobs,improve the schools,eradicate corruption,build a working justice system.Until something serious is done,I'm afraid we'll all just talk and talk and cringe at the pictures of dead students and point fingers at Soyinka.

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=ttonjo;2091820110>Prof. Wole Soyinka, should not shift the blame of MONSTER he and his so-called 'pyrate fraternity' members created in Nigerian universities. His devilish creation was part of the Nigerian mentality, i.e. (I'm better than you attitude of the 'have' and 'have not' in Nigeria society, the so-called oppressors), the cancar worm that is destroying our society today.
The secret of the matter is that, few of them gathered themselves together in early 1960s amongst other academicians, to form the so-called devilish fraternity, to set themselves aside as 'SPECIAL PEOPLE' (that was their aims, the black man mentality). After all, they have got the white man education, (few amongst millions of Nigerians with such a priviledge then), why not flaunt their newly acquired status, hence the creation of 'pyrate fraternity, the monster that then metamorphosized into CULTS in Nigeria universities today. Why then shift the blame on others, Mr. Professor? l can assured you that history will definitely judge all the evil doers in Nigeria. Whether you like it or not, that was the legacy your actions left in our higher institutions.
The Asians used their western education to do something great for their countries, (both India and Pakistan are nuclear powers, China, will soon become super power in a few years time), but what did we get from our so-called academicians in Africa, OPPRESSION.
Mr. Professor, instead of blaming others or moaning about cultism in our higher institution, go back to the drawing board and come of with a solution on how to get rid of the monsters you created.

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Sir, instead of addressing the issue, you would rather play to the gallery and pursue a stereotype. This are criminal gangs. Not university fraternities.
Check your dictionary and documented activities of University fraternities the world over.
Don't allow yourself to be bog down by the the inadequacies of the Nigerian English vocab.

Are you accusing Wole Soyinka of being the inventor of the criminal gang culture in Nigeria?
There is nothing else to be said about who this guys and what they are, lets stop giving them a cover by calling them "campus fraternity" because they are not. They are murders, rapist, arsonist and et al and our legal system names them and addresses their crimes.

When I was an undergraduate in Nigeria, I was in a campus fraternity.
We had a focus and a goal, our purpose was creativity through art, drama, poetry and culture. Our events were held in the open, we charged admission to some of our events and also had members only activities. We had lecturers in our fold and alumnus stayed members. Our initiation ceremonies involved incredulous questions not ridiculous rituals.
We never killed or maimed anybody. Well maybe we made them laugh to death, but nothing out of the ordinary. We were the university's favorite group for many occasions, matriculation ceremonies, convocations and et al.
The only members I remember we lost were not killed by an opposing group or by us, they left because of some romantic issues with members or were made to leave because of some financial short comings on their part with respect to the group.
Yes we had names for each other, but they were more dramatic than demonic.
Because thats what the whole fraternity thing is all about "the drama"




So sir, if you have a problem with people of privileged birth or you have an inferiority complex with respect to Prof Wole Soyinka, I am sorry it is not his fault.

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I need help, the graphics plays only a few seconds and stops. How do I get to view it fully? :(

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It’s interesting WS didn’t include the PC when he mentioned the names of campus cults. If it was an honest omission, then it’s curious.

Celti: your link... the National Association of Seadogs isn’t a university campus cult; some members of PC in universities like to associate it with their organisations for some obvious reasons, but the NAS is a much more serious organisation that’s played crucial roles in matters national, and especially in the safety of individuals committed to opposing repressive governments. And in the early days of the FRSC experiment initiated by WS and later, it was street wisdom that many FRSC leaders were members of NAS. Abacha in particular didn’t like the FRSC very much. It’s an open question whether NAS would not employ force were a critical situation to arise.

WS somewhat oversimplifies the issues. He is right to hammer on the failure of law enforcement, but it isn’t just true that all members of cults and have nothing positive to offer. He’s also right to hint that a change of strategy will be needed to solve the problem. Beyond the childlike accusation that “he started it all, so he ought to solve it…”, it’ll be a worthy semi-confrontational avenue to continue a criticism of the system with the hope of inspiring change. He has initiated useful discussion; but would he even attempt to tackle it head-on?
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Soyinka must be tried alongside his colleagues for institutionalization of violence AND violent crime in our nation's universities. Fortunately, the prosecutors would have a witness in Prof. Awe, a member of the 7 armed gang that started the whole thing. He has consistently said he regretted his actions after seeing the light of Christ.

Until that is done, Nigeria will not know peace on her campuses. Soyinka must be tried. He is the grandfather of crime and CULTISM in Nigeria's campuses. Whether it is called FRATERNITY of CULT GROUPS, it the VIOLENCE they know.