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Published 22 December 2020
DAUD OLATUNJI chronicles the growing incidence of cultism among secondary school students in Ogun State and the attendant negative effects
Students and artisans below the age of 20 are now find fantasies in cultism. They brandish weapons anyhow and anywhere. Anyone who feels uncomfortable and attempts to scold or stop them end up a victim.
Cultism has successfully crept into secondary schools across Ogun State with teachers resolving to mind their business and look away whenever the students, who are supposed to be under their care display their skills in cultism.
Investigation has shown that schools have become the haven for cultism as initiation into various groups take place on the premises of public schools.