Cult Crisis At Yaba College Of Tech: Expelled Members Say Principal Officers Pay Cult Gangs

Cult Crisis At Yaba College Of Tech: Expelled Members Say Principal Officers Pay Cult Gangs

Some of the expelled members, who spoke in this interview, said their own expulsions were out of a conspiracy to favor other groups which principal officers of the college belong.
SR: You should know there is a certain allegation about the current Rector, that her husband is a politician and she helps her husband to recruit cult members for thuggery during election. Are you aware of that?
Member (two): No, I’m not aware of that. I am not that close to the management.

SR: Have you ever benefited from the payment management disburses to cult gangs?
Member (two): No, I have not.

SR: To which confraternity do you belong?
Member (two): Aaye [the Axe-men].

SR: Have you ever participated in any demonstration on campus?
Member (two): No, but I go outside.

SR: Away match?
Member (two): Yes, I have not been caught doing anything wrong in Yaba Tech.

SR: But you were expelled, why were you expelled?
Member (two): Eeh… is because of cultism. But I don’t think what they alleged against me should amount to this because I don’t think I know anything about the allegation. It is a setup which I don’t understand up till now. I was alleged of kidnapping, raping, and all sort of bad names which I don’t expect.

SR: So you never struck in Yaba Tech before?
Member (two): Yes, my own is outside. Have never assaulted anybody inside the campus before.

SR: In some of your outside demonstrations have you ever lynched or wounded somebody before because it is bound to happen?
Member (two): No, that was before.

SR: How many years now?
Member (two): Like three years back.

SR: Like you killed or somebody died during the course of strike?
Member (two): No, just to make peace in other schools.

SR: Let’s make a clarification here, there is this lady, Fatima Salau, who claims the management is paying cult gangs. Are you saying now that what the lady said was true, that the management pays cult gangs?
Member (two): Yes, the school management pays cult gangs.

SR: Have you ever been provoked that your own confraternity was not paid?
Member (two): They paid them at times but I’m not the one that collects the money.

SR: So you have never benefited from it?
Member (two): Yes, because the money is too small for me. I even pay my members at times and donate to the cult because I’m working.

SR: Do you know whether Rector belongs to any cult group?
Member (two): No, I don't.

SR: Do you know any Principal Officers of the college that are members?
Member (two): Yes, the P.A. of the Rector, Mr. Dada, is a member, an Alora. The Dean, Mr. Raheem, is a member of Alora. The CSO, Mr. Clement, is also a member of Alora. These are the people that give them [other striking groups] backbone, that is the reason why they misbehave.

SR: Do you still wish to continue schooling in Yaba College or seek that your expulsion be reversed?
Member (two): No, I don’t want to continue there.

SR: What is the population of cult members in Yaba College?
Member (two): Over sixty percent of the students are members. So you cannot flush everybody out and be pasting names and their photographs. It won't solve the problem.

SR: If cultism is to be eradicated on the Campus, who will be implicated?
Member (two): It will affect Principal Officers from the Rector to the Bursar becauseit is the Rector that approves the payment and they still pay them.

SR: Where do the cult gangs hold meetings on Campus?
Member (two): Everywhere. SUG building is the headquarters. Go there this Saturday by evening. You will see things. Also, the staff quarters. Even outside, like V-ginis Event Center opposite the Campus. The Dean holds open parties with his Alora group. He is a strong member along with the Rector's P.A, Mr. Dada.