Secret Cult Activities in Institutions of Higher Learning: Lessons from the Nigerian Situations

Egbochuku, E. O.

doi:10.1080/0972639x.2009.11886590

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“…In Lagos State (see LGAs where farmers/herdsmen clashes are frequently reported. This is in agreement with previous studies that cult groups engage in nefarious activities such as extortion, armed robbery, maiming, rape, murder and use of drugs [25] [26] [27].…”

Section: Social Effects Of Farmers/herdsmen Conflictssupporting

confidence: 93%

Detection and Mapping of Violent Crime Hotspots in Southwestern Nigeria

Oyinloye¹,

Adegboyega²,

Akinluyi³

et al. 2023

JGIS

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The increasing rate of insecurity in Nigeria, especially the southwest requires a paradigm shift from popular approach to crime hotspots detection. This study employed geospatial technologies to integrate spatio-temporal crime, social media and field observation data from the communities in all the six states in the southwest to develop crime hotspots that can serve as preliminary information to assist in allocating resources for crime control and prevention. Historical crime data from January 1972 to April, 2021 were compiled and updated with rigorous field survey in September, 2021. The field data were encoded, input to the SPSS 17 and analyzed using descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis. A total 936 crime locations data were geolocated and exported to ArcGIS 10.5 for spatial mapping using point map operation and further imported to e-Spatial web-based and QGIS for the generation of hotspot map using heatmap tool. The results revealed that armed robbery, assassination and cultism were more pronounced in Lagos and Ogun States. Similarly, high incidences of farmers/herdsmen conflicts are observed in Oyo and Osun States. Increasing incidences of kidnapping are common in all the south-western states but very prominent in Ondo, Lagos and Oyo States. Most of the violent crime incidents took place along the highways, with forests being their hideouts. Violent crimes are dominantly caused by high rate of unemployment while farmer/herdsmen conflicts were majorly triggered by the scarcity of grazing fields and destruction of arable crops. The conflicts have resulted in the increasing cases of rape and disruption of social group, intake of hard drugs, cult-related activities, low income and revenue generation, and displacement of farmers and infrastructural damages. The study advocates regular retraining and equipping of security How to cite this paper: Oyinloye, M.A.,

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Section: Social Effects Of Farmers/herdsmen Conflictssupporting

confidence: 93%

Detection and Mapping of Violent Crime Hotspots in Southwestern Nigeria

Oyinloye¹,

Adegboyega²,

Akinluyi³

et al. 2023

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“…Thus, membership of cult groups has economic underpinning, yet is sometimes open to a specific class of people: the rich and influential. As observed by Elegbeleye (2005) and Egbochuku (2009) all over southern Nigeria, for instance, university cult societies include children of the higher strata of society.…”

Section: Economic Context Of Witchcraft and Cult Societiesmentioning

confidence: 88%

A Survey of violence-related deaths in Egbedore and Ifedayo LGAs of Osun State (2006-2014)

Abodunrin¹

2016

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May 2014) 65 3.2 Violent deaths caused by cattle grazing in Nigeria, by state, cumulated figures (June 2006-May 2014) 70 3.3 Violent deaths in Nigeria caused by cattle grazing, cumulative figures per month (June 2006-May 2014) 73 4.1 Number of violent deaths in Nigeria, by protagonist, cumulated figures (June 2006-May 2014) 83 4.2 Number of violent deaths in events where cult societies were involved, by state, cumulated figures (June 2006-May 2014) 86 4.3 Violent deaths caused by political issues in events where cult societies were involved (June 2006-May 2014) 86 4.4 Number of violent deaths in Nigeria caused by sorcery, per year (June 2006-May 2014) 87 4.5 Number of violent deaths caused by political issues, per year (June 2006-May 2014) 88 5.1 Absolute number of violent deaths per year (June 2006-May 2014) 96 5.2 Violent deaths caused by religious issues, per year (June 2006-May 2014) 97 5.3 Violent deaths involving Islamic and Christian groups, per year (June 2006-May 2014) 101 6.1 Number of violent deaths resulting from incidents where the security forces intervened, per year (June 2006-May 2014) 120 6.2 Number of violent deaths resulting from incidents where the security forces intervened, by type of relationship (June 2006-May 2014) 123 6.3 Number of violent deaths resulting from incidents where the army intervened, per year (June 2006-May 2014) 124 viii 6.4 Number of violent deaths resulting from incidents where the police intervened, per year (June 2006-May 2014) 125 6.5 Number of violent deaths resulting from incidents where the police intervened, by type of relationship (June 2006-May 2014) 127 6.6 Frequency of security forces killings in selected states (June 2006-May 2014) 131 6.7 Frequency of security forces killings, by perpetrators, in selected states (June 2006-May 2014) 132 6.8 Percentages per month of the total fatalities caused by the security forces during the 2007 general elections 136 6.9 Percentages per month of the total fatalities caused by the security forces during the 2011 general elections 137

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“…For the Niger Delta, the backgrounds of the main cult groups operational in the region are described as follows. The Vikings supreme confraternity, also called the Norsemen Klub of Nigeria was born at the University of Port Harcourt in 1982 with the mission to stimulate unity and brotherhood on campus as well as to better the society (Egbochukwu, 2009;PIND, 2015). However, when a surge of militarization swept through confraternities across Nigeria in the 1990s, three splinter groups arose from the Vikings which are the Deywell, the Deebam and the Icelanders.…”

Section: Issues Of Cult Violence and Insecurity In Nigeriamentioning

confidence: 99%

Cult violence in Nigeria and corporate social responsibility in oil-producing communities

2023

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Since the beginning of 2014, reports of cult violence have increased sharply in the Nigeria's oil producing communities. Hence, we set out to examine the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) from multinational oil companies (MOCs) in mitigating the spread of cult group violence in the region. A total of two thousand four hundred respondents were sampled across the nine states of the Niger Delta. Results from the use of estimated logit model reveal that MOCs via Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) are in good position to deter the aggression and rise of cult violence using interventions for youth as a priority target group mechanism. This calls for pro-youth capacity building programmes, specially designed to equip the clusters with appropriate skills required for peaceful engagement and to complement government efforts in the planning and implementation of the development agenda for their respective communities. In turn, this will contribute towards enhancing a peaceful environment for doing business in the Niger Delta region.

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Secret Cult Activities in Institutions of Higher Learning: Lessons from the Nigerian Situations

Cited by 7 publications

References 3 publications

Detection and Mapping of Violent Crime Hotspots in Southwestern Nigeria

Detection and Mapping of Violent Crime Hotspots in Southwestern Nigeria

A Survey of violence-related deaths in Egbedore and Ifedayo LGAs of Osun State (2006-2014)

Cult violence in Nigeria and corporate social responsibility in oil-producing communities

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