Campus Confraternities, History & Beliefs
For those of you who don’t know how the various cult groups came into being in tertiary institutions in Nigeria, here’s a brief to further broaden your spectrum.
Most of the publications I have read on the subject of cultism seem to agree
that what is known as “secret cults” in tertiary institutions in Nigeria
started when the Pyrates Confraternity was formed at the University college
Ibadan (UCI) in 1953. The confraternity was formed by six students at UCI,
namely, Wole Soyinka, Aig-Imoukhuede, Pius Olegbe, Ralph Opara, Nat Oyelola
and Olumuyiwa Awe. The Society was formed for the following reasons among
others
- To Abolish convention,
- To revive the age of chivalry
- To end tribalism and elitism.
There is no doubt that the intentions of the founders of Pyrates
Confraternity were altruistic. They obviously did not set out to create the
hydra-headed monster (or phenomenon) known as cultism in today’s
terminology. But like a farmer clearing a bush in the harmattan and setting
a fire to a heap of dry leaves, what started with a group of six has now
become a chimeric underground movement, a tyrannical monster with many
heads.
The list of the secret cults operating in our educational institutions looks
like what you will find in the encyclopedia of any computer anti-virus
software. At the count it was estimated that there are 44 cult groups
operating in various campuses in Nigeria. This is probably an underestimate.
It has also been estimated that the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN),
University of Calabar (UNICAL), Univerisity of Benin (UNIBEN), University of
Lagos (UNILAG), and the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (OAU) have not
less than 16 cult groups operating in each of these campuses at any given
time.
The Different Gang / Cult Groups, Their Origins and Their
Beliefs
AHOI-SEADOG
This cult group was the first identifiable cult group formed between 1952 and
1954 at the foremost Western University of Ibadan now University of Ibadan by
seven persons namely: Ralph Opara, Ikhehare Aig-Imokhuede, Sylvanus Egbuchie,
Nathaniel Oyelola, Pius Oleghe, Olumuyiwa Awe and Wole Soyinka. The pioneers
of NAS were collectively known as “The Magnificent Seven”. It was headed
by CAPON BLOOD. The aims was basically to combat the then increasing
occurrence of violence caused by tribal groups during students’ activities,
western influences and other secular gatherings, in ways suitable to the cult
group but with the advent of time deviation of purpose manifested.
Pyrates
Sayings and beliefs;
- Odas is Odas
- No Friend, No Foe (NFNF)
- Absolute No Lagging (ANL)
Members are knowns as ”AHOI” or ”P-C”
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