CULT VIOLENT ACTIVITIES IN UNIVERSITIES: ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES

Abstract

This paper examines cult violent activities in universities in Nigeria. The paper diagnoses empirical incidents of cult violent conflicts in universities, the legislations enacted to regulate student activities to prevent them from engaging in secret cult activities and the efforts made by some universities at eliminating cultism. The paper establishes that in spite of the legislations to regulate student activities and the efforts to eliminate cultism, some factors are responsible for the failure of the existing measures to curb cult violent conflicts. The paper concludes, among others, that the best way to eradicate cultism is moral persuasion of students, with adequate cooperation and support from all stakeholders in the university system who, in some cases, were often indicted of aiding and abetting cultists in the institutions.