FACTS ABOUT SECRET CULTS

Secret cult societies could be traced to the Egyptians. Their magicians in their quest for more power used some occultic devices, they formed a school of thought which was mostly based on intellectual objectives which is mainly to their occultic power. This intellectual ascription to their practice was to give wider acceptability. For instance, the Rosicrucian Order, amorc was believed to be formed by a group of people with the sole purpose of interacting and analyzing ideas intelligently. There were scholars but were criticized for its secret activities and meeting which they strongly denied.
Secret societies have been existing in Nigeria even before the coming of the colonialist or early colonialism. They were formed by a group of individuals with the sole aim of seeking protection from their ancestors by conducting rituals. Initiation were conducted for people that want to belong to a particular sect of masquerade. Once initiated, the secrets concerning the masquerade are observed thoroughly by its members.
In the late 40’s, the tertiary institutions in Nigeria were not associated with secret societies. The first secret cult in Nigeria was not associated with secret activities. The first secret cult in Nigeria came into existence in 1952 when a group of seven students led by professoe Wole Soyinka, Olumuyiwa Awe, Ralph Opara, Aig Imokhuede, Tunde Tubi and Olu Agunloye founded the seadogs confraternity (aka pyrate) in the University of Ibadan. The sole objective of founding the cult was to fight colonialism, ensure the dignity of man and to rid the Nigerian society of elitism and tribalism. Its members engaged in humanitarian activities such as donation of blood to hospitals to save lives and presentation of gift items to orphanage homes, to assist the helpless in the society.
“Everything we did then was healthy, firm, harmless and above board” recalled Muyiwa Awe, one of the founding fathers. Although, they remained members of the organization. Twenty years later, the pyrates confraternity began to change significantly. Faction degenerated into divisions and splitting of factions, it began with the breaking away of a faction of the group known as the Buccaneer and was led by a group of thirty under Dr. Bolaji Carew whose cult name was Rica Ricardo, he is presently the Supreme Eye and Spiritual Head of the association, the logo of the Buccaneer reads, “a dog has a master and the master is the lord”. This was an open challenge to the pyrates confraternity. Other slogans of the Buccaneer are “blud for blud”, “Odas is Odas”, “No price, no pay”.
On the tenth anniversary in 1982, the Buccaneer Confraternity became the Buccaneer Association of Nigeria. The Buccaneer (a.k.a sea lords) was soon followed by the Vikings confraternity. There were general disenchantment with the activities of the first two cults. A spokesman said those who once claimed they stood against oppression later resorted to it as a means of seducing other students who were civilians. So came three sailors whose aims and objectives were almost the same but whose major difference have remained their modus operandi and their choice to camouflage and logo. While the seadogs took red as their symbol of initiation, admission of new members into the seadogs was highly restricted at inception, the same became true of the Buccaneers and the Vikings.
Students who for one reason or the other wanted to belong started gathering and in most cases ended up with a group of their own. Needless to say that as the group continued to split, their objectives and aims also metamorphosed from engaging in humanitarian services to cannibalistic tendencies.
Since the 80’s, the rate of splitting and disintegration has been rapid. We have over one hundred different cult groups with fanciful names. In our tertiary institutions, some of the cult groups that later developed after the monopolistic tendency of the sailors include Black axe, Eiye, Mafia, MAphite, Klans Man Confraternity, Black Beret, Black cat, Black Cross, Jurist, Mgba Mgda, Thomas Sankara Boys, Black Brassier etc. However, one thing that is common among them is that they have lost the vision and have all degenerated to unnecessary rivalry and violence amongst themselves leading to unnecessary carnage and hair splitting bloodshed in tertiary institution.
Many unsuspecting students have been lured into joining these societies through deception including becoming one of the untouchables once you are their member, owning and enjoying the most beautiful women on campus, passing your exams without study etc. For those who are lured through such lies, there is no apologies because it is only a highly mischievous, untrained and morally deficient student that would subscribe to such lies. What manner of student are you that membership of a secret cult will enable you to short-circuit your studies. Lie is a major characteristics of these societies. These lies are quite misleading especially for those who have no idea about their activities. As a result, it is necessary to bring before you the facts about cult activities.