![]() ![]() Sometimes they employ threats of murder or extortion for seemingly petty ransoms, like an ‘A’ grade or a fraudulently written term paper. Cultists-who often emulate the music and attitudes of American street-gang culture-dominate several campuses with intimidation tactics. Observers estimate that 150 students have been slain in the last five years, with scores more victimized by rape, assault, extortion, kidnapping, blackmail, torture and arson attack. One such report from 1999 states: “ have brutally ravaged Nigeria’s 37 state-run institutions. ![]() There are many reports of the ill-effects of cultism on Nigerian society. In November 2021 a massacre led by the group claimed six lives in the Okitipupa community, headquarters of Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria. Its South African wing allegedly has security known as “butchers” to maintain discipline. Members of the group are known as “Axemen”. Interpol arrested six alleged Black Axe leaders in Johannesburg in 2021, and they were extradited to the United States. Over 2021 they attempted to steal €1m in welfare fraud during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland. ![]()
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