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Rise in Cultism Worries Fayose

This Day (Lagos)
NEWS
April 29, 2005
Posted to the web May 2, 2005

By Justice Ilevbare
Lagos
Ekiti State governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose, has expressed worries over the rising
wave of cult activities in the nation's tertiary institutions.
The governor particularly expressed concern with the wanton destruction of
lives and property that usually attends cult clashes in institutions of higher
learning.
Fayose, in a chat with newsmen advocated a policy by government that would take
care of youth development in the country.
"I get worried anytime I hear about clashes by secret cult members in higher
institutions and I begin to ask myself questions. Why should any reasonable
person preoccupy himself with cultism? What do they stand to benefit?"
The governor regretted that most youths that would have been useful to the
nation had been cut down at the prime of their lives by cultists who, he said,
have no respect for human lives.
He said the youths, are the future of the country, stressing "what does the
future now hold for any nation that watches its youths waste away through
senseless bloodletting?
According to Fayose, most of the cultists end up being armed robbers, having
been in possession of sophisticated weapons with which they carry out their
activities.
"It is unfortunate that most of them (youths) have allowed their sense of
reasoning to be beclouded by cult activities that will hinder them from
achieving their aims and make them useful to their country", he noted.

   

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