CHAPTER
ONE
1.0
INTRODUCTION
Cultism can simply be described as a
land of gang behavior that is accepted and value of the larger society and is characterized
by oath, taking secrecy and violence.
Cultism can also be seen as the state of
phenomenon where persons are bound together with a common belief usually
through some rituals.
According to the Oxford Dictionary
English 5th Edition, the word “Cult” means a system of religion worships
especially one that is expressed in rituals.
From this definition, cults are now
popularly known as confraternity and have assumed monstrous features in our
Tertiary Institutions.