Cultism (continued) II

Civic Education SS1 Third Term

Week 3

Cultism (continued) II

Performance objectives

The student should be able to:

1. Reasons for establishing and joining a cult.

Content

Reasons for establishing and joining cults

Many reasons have been given as to why cults are established in Nigerian schools.

Some of these reasons are:

1. The desire for brotherhood: Cults were formed to make people believe that they have a brotherly relationship. They intend to protect, love and defend one another even if they have to kill. They also claim to love each other, showing affection and loyalty to themselves as people who have something in common.

2.For protection: Cults were formed to shield their member from suffering in the hands of other boys and cult groups in schools. New initiates are lured with a promise of protection by the cult group.

3.Good academic performance: It might interest you to know that some cults were formed to ensure the high success of its members in academics. They achieve this by threatening and harassing lecturers with guns and machetes requesting for unmerited grades. Some lecturers that had refused to comply ended up losing their lives.

4. Fight against injustice: Some secret cults are established to fight injustice on campus and in society. The cult members claim they confront lecturers that harass students especially the female students and fight for the benefits of all the students.

5. To assert supremacy: Secret cult can be established because some groups of male students begin to see themselves as superior and powerful and possibly wealthier than the other students.