If you must know, the said Muyiwa Awe still relates with us till today. Enough said.[/quote]
ehen.., so u b cultist ehn?

cyril83: What are the positive influence religion has had in Nigeria?


Confraternity has its own advantage if played well.

u ar a cultist

emmyrichie: The stvpid thing is that, most people believe in this fairytale of weilding much power to oppress and intimidate, get great connections with powerful and wealthy cultists, earn respect, gain favours from other cultists such as lecturers, CEO etc. But, that's the biggest fallacy ever.
Disadvantages includes: once you join a cult group, you automatically become a sworn enemy to other endless arch rival cults, hence your life I great danger forever except you denounce.
The government clamp down team will get you anytime.
You'd face oppression from other superior members of your homogeneous cult.
They will send you to inflict wounds and sometimes kill people deemed as enemies and in the end you might die in the process.
You'd be subjected to paying dues always.
You'd be forced to do drugs.
And finally, you'd be an enemy to your dad, mom, yourself, you siblings and the earth.
Don't let it take all your energy.
#Don't do cultism... [/b]

thanks to u sister, i will neva try it

Testerfuze: The pyrates wasn't establish 2 cause violent or harrass in anyway but to tackle tribalism back then,the criteria 4 which they use in recruitin members which included that the member must be very sound academically is one of the major reasons why other groups were formed....this new members wanted 2 be a part of the pyrate movement but find it hard 2 meet up wit thr criteria and 4rm there we knw the rest is history....not only soyinka should be blamed 4 this mess but also the agents of socialization which has failed immensely in doing its job properly. A yoruba adage says "lati kekere latin peka iroko,toba dagba apa o nile kaa" Meaning: you can only kill an iroko tree when its still very young but once it grows up,it'll be hard 2 bring down such a tree. The debate shouldn't be who to blame anymore but how to eradicate cultism which I think can be tackled in some of this ways. 1. Proper upbringing. 2.youth empowerment: idleness is also one of the major factor why youths join cult groups. 3.High security measures in higher institutions. 4.institutions should have strict rules in place 4 students
who can't meet up to there standard. 5.Agents such as churches also have work to do. #my 5 cent

Churches/Mosques also practice cultism, if you want to know, get closer to your pastor.

UnimkeAk: Ahoy pc

Odas is Odas (010)
No Friend, No Foe (NFNF)
Absolute No Lagging (ANL)

CAPON BLOOD

i go shoot u, i swear

Chynx:

You don't have to call names my dear. I won't downgrade myself to that level just yet.

If you understand the use of English and perhaps your orientation as a member of BAN, you should have read between the lines properly. Let me rephrase for a probable better comprehension by you...

"A member of NAS who was among the original seven (7) founding fathers of the system derailed/lagged/defaulted/did something which was frowned at (I don't have to spill the beans here) and was black-spotted as a result. Rather than tyrn a new leaf and plead for reabsorption, he joined hands with a lubber (someone who is not a Pyrate/in terms with what it takes to be a sailor) and formed the BAN.

Mind you, none of these was surfed from the web.

Have a good day and choose your words wisely. It pays to do so.

At the bolded: it is either you were fed with the wrong history or you are an impostor - I choose to go with the latter.

Professor Bolaji Carew was never part of the original 7. Pyrate was formed in '52 and Bolaji got into UI in the late 60s, formed Buccaneers Confraternity in '72 and graduated in '73.

He did not default, Pyrate confraternity was molded along class. There were people who felt they were super pyrates and instead of blurring that line in their brodahood, it was the order of the day - Bolaji and some others left Pyrates over this and never looked back. He was not spotted or dismissed, no! (this is why in Buccaneers Confraternity, everyone is equal. Regardless if you have been a member for many decades and someone joins today, you are both equal, will be treated equally and you stand eye to eye to greet each other, no ass kissing or super Buccaneers - the only fraternity where this is done)

In fact, it wasn't as if he solely spearheaded the schism, he was given the mantle of leadership because he was a very brilliant chap in school and was popular - a move which made the fraternity lay emphasis on importance of academic prowess of prospective initiates.

Go back to your old dogs to breed you properly when discussing matters bordering on Lords.

That is what he could bring bring back from the western world.

9jacrip:


At the bolded: it is either you were fed with the wrong history or you are an impostor - I choose to go with the latter.

Professor Bolaji Carew was never part of the original 7. Pyrate was formed in '52 and Bolaji got into UI in the late 60s, formed Buccaneers Confraternity in '72 and graduated in '73.

He did not default, Pyrate confraternity was molded along class. There were people who felt they were super pyrates and instead of blurring that line in their brodahood, it was the order of the day - Bolaji and some others left Pyrates over this and never looked back. He was not spotted or dismissed, no! (this is why in Buccaneers Confraternity, everyone is equal. Regardless if you have been a member for many decades and someone joins today, you are both equal, will be treated equally and you stand eye to eye to greet each other, no ass kissing or super Buccaneers - the only fraternity where this is done)

In fact, it wasn't as if he solely spearheaded the schism, he was given the mantle of leadership because he was a very brilliant chap in school and was popular - a move which made the fraternity lay emphasis on importance of academic prowess of prospective initiates.

Go back to your old dogs to breed you properly when discussing matters bordering on Lords.

Am proud of you broda....

The essence of this thread is about to be abused.
Now we're beginning to argue on the originality of PC compared to the BAN chaps.
The PC today left higher institutions several years ago going on 2decades now and decided to restrict membership to adults who had studied and done NYSC. You'll have to go through almost a one year ITT before acceptance into the fold where you'll still have to be tutored for another year or two. Some see it as a elite group due to its restriction to graduates only but we believe in the course.
@Chynx. Back less, stark lubbers and high lubbers abound.

Back to topic, No one is to be blamed for cultism in Nigeria. Its the same issue we currently have with religion and other groups too.

Hmmmmm....after reading I can see some boldly defending their respective confraternities..if u like you should defend how responsible your various groups are all I know is you all are blind. I won't defend religion because I belive in humanity and moralities. This "cults" might have been built on good intention foundations but in our present generation it has been corrupted with a deadly virus..I thank God my dad didn't need this fraternities to make it in life so it means we his children can make it too without been brainwashed...like the yoruba saying goes "eni abi ni a jo" translats to"the one who gives birth to us is whom we inherits our character from". Guys be smart and think not just read and llisten. Think!

Kajiang02: The essence of this thread is about to be abused.
Now we're beginning to argue on the originality of PC compared to the BAN chaps.
The PC today left higher institutions several years ago going on 2decades now and decided to restrict membership to adults who had studied and done NYSC. You'll have to go through almost a one year ITT before acceptance into the fold where you'll still have to be tutored for another year or two. Some see it as a elite group due to its restriction to graduates only but we believe in the course.
@Chynx. Back less, stark lubbers and high lubbers abound.

Back to topic, No one is to be blamed for cultism in Nigeria. Its the same issue we currently have with religion and other groups too.

Actually, they are still very much in schools.

1United1:

Intellectual laziness at its best! I am quite sure, you did not read the said article by Muyiwa Awe, otherwise you wouldn't write this jaundiced and myopic comment above. No time did Muyiwa Awe describe Pyrate Con fraternity as evil, he has denied making such a wild comment severally in his many rejoinder since that twisted interview he had with Thisday in 2002. If you must know, the said Muyiwa Awe still relates with us till today. Enough said.

Did you actually read my comment? Where did I mention article? I said Professor Muyiwa Awe organised seminars on campus where even other former members of your cult group came to open the eyes of people to the realities involved. I attended some of the seminars while an undergraduate in UI and stated what I heard Prof Awe say verbally. How does Pro Awe still 'relate' with you? Is it at the level of your pyrates cult membership?. Please I am not imploring you to get ur freedom from bondage, only contributing to the topic based on what I Know

9jacrip:

Right.



An average joe won't bother about Y and I.



I suppose this is what you were told but this is false. This is a battle with Pyrates and Buccaneers that will never end - Buccaneers are least bothered about Pyrates but Pyrates on the other hand bent on carrying out an assault of lies in history; which you just displayed, online fora; with gory tales written about Buccaneers and the media; your national capone was on express AM saying 'they, the buccaneers belong to the violent ones', coupled with how every frat skirmish is put on Buccaneers - the recent Damoche (who was never a buccaneer, the vikings nd issue at owerri etc). Meanwhile BAN keeps rolling over playing dead, this might change soon. Professor Bolaji Carew was never spotted, he and some folks left on their own volition and more pyrates began to cross over - I won't go into details.



By this, he meant Buccaneers are usually believed to be 'fine boys' and originally referred to as 'omoluabis' in UI way back before the old hands disconnected from the younger ones - most people seek to join Buccaneers first before any other fraternities and the reason Buccaneers is having problems is, many were rejected in the early 90s, hence the continuous violence against Buccaneers from members of other fraternities who felt 'dissed'.




All other frats, even degenerate ones claim to have been built upon this ideologies.



Usual propaganda! On Modaship, Pyrates are present, Olabiso Onabanjo has Pyrates too, Unilag, Funaab and even Osun State University - most of whom I've happened to come across. Dogs in Osogbo relate with and aid the sail of Dogs in Osun State University - they hide under covers of Buccaneers in school, who see them as 'cousins'.



Every other frat say this too. Doesn't make PC exclusive.



Flat lie! It seems every dog has been ingrained with lies to continue the vendetta against Lords over the schism of 1972! You lot just want to keep using every subtle means possible to maroon the sail Bolaji Carew set over 40 decades ago, yet, the wind has never left the ship's canvas! BAN has never tried to emulate PC, tell that to Vikings - we don't have the same structures or lingos bro.



This is the problem, when Pyrates in OSU get caught, they lie they are Buccaneers. When they have problems with other frats, they run to Buccaneers for cover. Most situations BAN got caught up with in mid-90s was because they were involved in PC wahala.

My dear you are entitled to whatever opinion you deem fit. I am not about to bandit words over the internet. If thats the stories you guys were fed then you have no choice but to livw by that orientation.

I wonder who the PC ran to for cover during the 20 long years they sailed void of the existence of BAN...and I wonder why this current increased migration of buccaneers to the Pyrates Confraternity.

Now let me tell you this; the NYSC discharge certificate or a Letter of Exemption is a MANDATORY document that MUST be presented long before an aspirant is assessed. I wonder were you got all these PC campus tales of yours that you claim is in existence till this day.
I hope you are concious of the fact that impersonation is equally the order of the day?

Just do your thing bruv. The difference is obvious.

9jacrip:


At the bolded: it is either you were fed with the wrong history or you are an impostor - I choose to go with the latter.

Professor Bolaji Carew was never part of the original 7. Pyrate was formed in '52 and Bolaji got into UI in the late 60s, formed Buccaneers Confraternity in '72 and graduated in '73.

He did not default, Pyrate confraternity was molded along class. There were people who felt they were super pyrates and instead of blurring that line in their brodahood, it was the order of the day - Bolaji and some others left Pyrates over this and never looked back. He was not spotted or dismissed, no! (this is why in Buccaneers Confraternity, everyone is equal. Regardless if you have been a member for many decades and someone joins today, you are both equal, will be treated equally and you stand eye to eye to greet each other, no ass kissing or super Buccaneers - the only fraternity where this is done)

In fact, it wasn't as if he solely spearheaded the schism, he was given the mantle of leadership because he was a very brilliant chap in school and was popular - a move which made the fraternity lay emphasis on importance of academic prowess of prospective initiates.

Go back to your old dogs to breed you properly when discussing matters bordering on Lords.

You are stark empty. I won't give you that privilege.

All seadogs and sealords are seamen.

ceeceeco: U're right. If u must join a confraternity u must have 2 use ur head. Back in 2002 wen i was in 200 level, i joined the supreme vikings confraternity @ Uniport because of a problem i had with one student who i neva knew was a cultist. The problem was because he wore my shoe 2 sch without my permission so i asked him why he wore my shoe without my permission, what he said was i should use my head, so i got angry @ his statement & we had a bust up which led 2 him going 2 call his gang 4 me. They had 2 beat me up & made away with some of my belongings. So my frnd who is a member of the supreme vikings confraternity heard of d incident so he persuaded me 2 join his group so we could fight back, so i gave it a tot & later agreed 2 join dem. Wen i came on board i was anchored the post of an I.C, then later became an A.D.C, then later became the Strike chief, then later became the Arkman, 4rm the arkman i became the executioner. School was very rugged & tough then, so if i hadn't use my head i would've had lots of problem. Thank God i'm a graduate(Emeritus/Xyz/Norseman). Ur intelligence is ur ruggedity...crime doesn't pay.

This is the dumbest Poo I have ever read on nairaland and to have people liking the comment beats my imagination.

Korrection: lol..my guy bone dat tin...the crime you committed will pay you oneday....back in the university days in uniben i joined the Jehovah witness to stay away from cultism despite the pressure...There was an incident at ring road when a guy from the states was murdered on cold blood alongside his white wife and son leaving the 3 year old daughter alive...investigation had it that the guy was a hit man back in his school days but he has graduated like 10 years ago thinking its all over and a free world for him..my dear he got a slice of it...if you are a cultist i bet youll be looking and watching your back till you die...lame life man...

Dude. You became a witness of Jah just to stay away from cultism rather than out of love for HIM who has power over life and death? Bro please retract your statement and do not grieve the Holy Spirit.

Wole soyinka shouldnt be blamed for the creating of fraternity. He did it to protect the rights of the student and now, the reverse is d case...... ...

Shame to the guys coming to this thread to defend how superior the cult group is. Shame on you all.

9jacrip:

Actually, they are still very much in schools.

That's the mistake you make. So much impersonation abounds.
PC pulled out of all ABC decks long ago.

Nobody to be blame

Point of correction:Soyinka and sum plp#Kant remember d names#started cultism but not 2 kill,destroy peace but 2 fiqht(no violence) 4 student body's if cheated by skul management as at that time.Nan plp wu followed afta den changed et 2 anotheq tin.

is pyrate confraternity a cult group?

Kajiang02:

That's the mistake you make. So much impersonation abounds.
PC pulled out of all ABC decks long ago.

Right! And what do you say about the Pyrates on these decks I've mentioned? There are lots of Pyrates in Osogbo, what do you say about this?

Happy birthday

Mayor88: Jully ŧº all members of new believers ministry. Happyy 77.

D MODE That Brought this to FRONT PAGE is to be BLAMED, Tot we hav freedom of Association, I pay ***age to all Glorious "WISE" WW.

Chynx:

You are stark empty. I won't give you that privilege.

Says someone who claims Bolaji Carew was part of the founders of the fraternity he supposedly belongs to LOL!

From http://www.nas-int.org/history.html

These men known as the Original Seven are:

1. Wole Soyinka
2. Ralph Okpara
3. Pius Oleghe
4. Ikpehare Aig-Imoukhuede
5. Nathaniel Oyelola
6. Olumuyiwa Awe
7. Sylvanus U. Egbuche


Please google Professor Bolaji Carew or just Bolaji Carew and tell me if he has history relating to the founding of your frat.

It is either you are an impostor or wrongly oriented.

Chynx:

My dear you are entitled to whatever opinion you deem fit. I am not about to bandit words over the internet. If thats the stories you guys were fed then you have no choice but to livw by that orientation.

I wonder who the PC ran to for cover during the 20 long years they sailed void of the existence of BAN...and I wonder why this current increased migration of buccaneers to the Pyrates Confraternity.

Now let me tell you this; the NYSC discharge certificate or a Letter of Exemption is a MANDATORY document that MUST be presented long before an aspirant is assessed. I wonder were you got all these PC campus tales of yours that you claim is in existence till this day.
I hope you are concious of the fact that impersonation is equally the order of the day?

Just do your thing bruv. The difference is obvious.

What difference? Talking about delusion LMAO!
Sir, do explain how undergraduates in schools are parading to be members with PC paraphernalia? Kindly list Buccaneers that crossed, you could send a PM and I will list many Dogs that became Lords in the 70s/80s.

This is not about being entitled to an opinion, this is about stating verifiable facts that are reasonable and cogent even to non-members

Histroy of Cults in Nigerian University System
In line with daily tips academic focus will look at the history, and nature of cults in Nigerian University System.
Major cult organization in Nigeria

1. Buccaneers
2. Pyrate Confraternity, aka Alora sea dogs

1. BUCCANEERS
The Buccaneers splited from the Pyrates. The rebellion of the Thirty was led by Dr. Bolaji Carew, former provost of the lagos College of Education whose cult name is "Rica Ricardo". He was also the Supreme Eye or Sole Patron and Spiritual Head. The open challenge to the Sea Dogs is emblazoned in Buccaneer logo"Odas is Odas","A dog has a Master and the Master is a Lord", "Blud for Blud", etc. On its Aniversary, 1982, the Buccaneer Confraternity, Sea lords, became "Buccaneer Association of Nigeria"(BAN). By that time, the Vikings Confraternity was formed in opposition to the Sea Dogs and Sea lords. This was as a result of the tendency by Pyrates to hound the Palm Wine Drinkers and to parade as the only "frat" in Nigeria. In I977, for instance, the Pyrates disrupted the Convention of the Palmites at Nsukka. The fight led to disciplinary action based on the recommendations of the Afigbo Committee. Conclusions like this emerged: ¤ Between 1982-92, the implosion of secret cults took a completely different character. It became violent. For instance while the pyrates had moved into the six old Universities before 1980, the "Buckets", as others call the Buccaneers, moved into University of Lagos, 1973, University of Benin, 1978 and crossed the Niger into University of Calaber in 1980. Calabar deck pioneered into University of Nigeria, 1985 and into other institutions as a part of the wildfire proliferation thereafter. Indead from 1984, Pyrates claimed to have cut off the Students wing.

Buccaneers did so in 1987. These reactions pointed to the rapid proliferation of secret cults into all manners of institutions. Worse the indication is that more groups are forming. For example, Security agents investigating reported cases of theft in late 1990, discovered documents of a new cult in the University of Nigeria at an embryo stage. Exhibit included: 1. The proposal of a new deadly organization called 'CAPPA VENDETTA' 2. The draft constitution 3. The Emblem 4. The Declaration form. Five students had completed the form. All of them were members of existing cult and were from the same community in Abia State. This trend bothered the old groups. The Alumin wanted respectability. In BAN newsletter, of July 1987 entitled "Deck Submerge": "due to the recent spate of embrassing, undisciplined and violent acts Deckhands. Grand Eye Council has decided to submerge all decks permanent for now. All Galleon Masters merge desirable deckhands with fridgates as observers" BAN also attempted to use public relations techniques to create new image, which backfired as the Warri frigate protested in a letter to the Grand Eye: Alora, lords of warri frigate wish to bring to your attention, this issues. Buccaneers are well noted for their secrecy, which is our pride. But now the only secret left is the content of grand pa's Chest. Have we became palmites which every Tom, Harry and Dick knows their Hierarchal structure?. Obviously, both Pyrates and Buccaneers were posturing and hiding their new identities as secret cults.

2. Pyrate Confraternity aka Sea Dogs.
The Pyrate Confraternity Started out in 1952 at the University College, Ibadan Oyo State Nigeria, the group of Seven was led by professor Wole Soyinka, they percived themselves as cultural nationalists. Echoes of this grand sentiment could still be heard in the objectives of the Sea Dogs: "against moribund convention, tribalism, for humanistic ideas and comradeship and chivalry" they insisted on an African content in a White-oriented Campus. But this halycon days soon passed by when the Buccaneers splited from them.
The key factor is that the nature of tertiary education in Nigeria changed dramatically in the decades. This article is part of the series of posts on cults in Nigeria University system

9jacampus..com/2013/04/histroy-of-cults-in-nigerian-university.html


The problem is Pyrates keep lying they are no more in schools but when their members are caught, they quickly claim to be Buccaneers. Lo, the old men at the top are less worried because their names are not being dragged around. While BAN, instead of sticking their nose in the clouds and tell lies about how they pulled out of schools as stated in the articles have come down to reality to help resolve issues and save lives of young men who could get caught up in unnecessary violence.

ceeceeco: U're right. If u must join a confraternity u must have 2 use ur head. Back in 2002 wen i was in 200 level, i joined the supreme vikings confraternity @ Uniport because of a problem i had with one student who i neva knew was a cultist. The problem was because he wore my shoe 2 sch without my permission so i asked him why he wore my shoe without my permission, what he said was i should use my head, so i got angry @ his statement & we had a bust up which led 2 him going 2 call his gang 4 me. They had 2 beat me up & made away with some of my belongings. So my frnd who is a member of the supreme vikings confraternity heard of d incident so he persuaded me 2 join his group so we could fight back, so i gave it a tot & later agreed 2 join dem. Wen i came on board i was anchored the post of an I.C, then later became an A.D.C, then later became the Strike chief, then later became the Arkman, 4rm the arkman i became the executioner. School was very rugged & tough then, so if i hadn't use my head i would've had lots of problem. Thank God i'm a graduate(Emeritus/Xyz/Norseman). Ur intelligence is ur ruggedity...crime doesn't pay.

cap less bros..norwish environment

IF U ASKED ME,NA WHO I GO ASK?

If this thread is still alive, a quick read:

Dear All,

It has become necessary to address you once again.

This Brotherhood is a private membership only Association or Friendly Society, which does not seek to compete with any organization, Fraternity, Sorority or Club. For this reason, we will not seek to respond to any or the unnecessary competition seeking by the Pyrates Confraternity aka National Association of SeaDogs (hereinafter referred to as PC). We are confident that every worthy Seadog at the time of the schism regretted the fact that it happened and that it claimed the very finest Dogs sailing at that time. We know that Capn Blood and another prominent Politician from Ondo State did a lot to ‘bring back’ those fine Seadogs but it was too late as they had formed what is now known as Buccaneers Confraternity. This was in 1972 and the reason was simply that in Jolly Rogers I, Odas was no longer Odas, each and every Creed of the PC had been turned upside down with corruption and nepotism assuming exalted positions therein. It was for this same reason that Capn Blood of Tortuga and other eminent and founding members of the PC ‘ABANDONED SHIP’. They were never to associate with that Confraternity until much much later – probably in the early ‘90s.

Today, they seem to have succeeded in ‘bringing back’ some of their members who had hitherto abandoned ship. They must have done something right by those members. Good for them. But they can carry on without mentioning Buccaneers Confraternity during every step they take or speech they make.

We implore each and every Seadog to concentrate on trying to live by the creed of their Fraternity instead of seeking on each occasion, such as the last speech at the Professor Soyinka 80th Birthday celebration, to invoke the almighty name of the Buccaneers Confraternity. It is understandable that they still hurt from the loss of their best members to us between 1972 and 1975 inclusive but that is a long time ago. We have moved on. They too should. We advise that a Pyrate does not need to mention Buccaneers Confraternity in order to be a Seadog.

Those finest ex-Seadogs aforesaid preferred the original brotherly, caring and cosmopolitan melting pot, which the PC had by then lost. They set up the Buccaneers Confraternity on the basis of those principles and philosophies. The ideal was to teach togetherness, love, leadership, obedience to constituted authorities, steadfastness and fairness to one another and to all and sundry.

For over 40 years since the formation of this great brotherhood, we make bold to say that we have indeed held on to the very original tenets upon which our Brotherhood was based including grooming of fine leaders and citizens regardless of race, religion or creed; fostering brotherhood across all tongues and tribes and being a brother’s keeper. We have accomplished a great deal of the objectives as set down by our founding members and have overcome the inevitable challenges associated with our growth and expansion around the country and globe. Today, the Buccaneers Confraternity is proud to have produced very fine gentlemen who occupy, and are shinning in, various positions of trust and honor in every sphere of our great nation and indeed around the globe.

Membership of this great brotherhood is currently spread across many continents: from Africa to the Americas, Europe, Australia and Asia. Our Fraternity has taken tremendous strides in lending a helping hand to the less privileged. We are helping to create an awareness campaign for good citizenship. Our branches in the United Kingdom and the United States periodically support humanitarian causes and give back to communities and organizations in-need. For example, the United States branch of our organization has consistently given financial donations to natural disaster relief programs through the American Red Cross Society during Hurricanes and other natural disasters; they also donate food to shelters in Maryland USA periodically.

Our Dallas Texas branch makes financial contributions to the Cooks Children hospital regularly, to help treat children suffering from long-term illnesses such as cancer. The Chicago branch in the USA also makes charity donations regularly. The United Kingdom branch has been a long time supporter of diabetes UK, running in the marathon races every year to help raise funds for them. Diabetes UK has written severally to the Buccaneers Confraternity in the United Kingdom recognizing and applauding their efforts.

Our branches worldwide continue to make trips to orphanages where they donate food, clothing and cash. As our main focus is on molding fine gentlemen who would uphold our tenets of good/responsible leadership and citizenship respectively, we acknowledge that the type of change that impacts on the society positively starts with individual responsibility and good citizenship. In other words, it is our firm belief that we must be the change that we desire to see in our society, our country and around the world. As a result, we strive to promote orderliness and responsibility in every sphere of life where we find ourselves. This forms a major platform for our strict emphasis on discipline in small and big matters – ODAS IS ODAS!!!

The lives of thousands of our members have been touched by the kindness and amazing generosity of our fellow members. From scholarships to employments, to help with medical procedures etc. etc., it has been and continues to be brother deliver brother. This is one of our core values, which is taken very seriously and expressed thus, BRODA DELIVER BRODA. This is the bedrock of Buccaneering. What better way to foster and build a progressive and caring society and nation than to bring men whose origins cut across barriers together as a Family and get them to practice those our own philosophies?

The barriers that hold humans and particularly Nigerians down and many a time, lead to upheaval, bloodshed and wanton destruction of lives and properties, lead some in this country to question the viability of us as one Nation. This is what we are about and with over 40 years of a symbolic voyage on the high Seas, we are proud that our Brotherhood has indeed proven that men of every race, tribe, political leaning and religious beliefs can indeed come together and pursue the same objectives and accomplish them while respecting the backgrounds and beliefs of its individual members.

Over the years we have witnessed attempts by some at bastardizing the name and image of this Noble Brotherhood. It has become a common pastime for some journalists like Okodili Ndidi of the Nation Newspaper and Chidi Nkwokpara of the Vanguard Newspaper to write articles demeaning the reputation and integrity of the Buccaneers Confraternity by linking us with the violence in some Universities. These lazy quack journalists will not investigate a story and get their facts straight. They just pick up their pens and write about the Buccaneers Confraternity being involved in some violence or the other to justify their pittance of wages.

Enough is Enough! We will no longer sit back and allow this to continue without responding very strongly and taking very serious legal and appropriate steps against any person or persons or news organization that continues in this ridiculous level of defamation. Let it be known that the Buccaneers Confraternity is made up of men of proven integrity.

We do not encourage violence in any form nor do we, as a Society, engage in violence or illegal conduct. We promote fairness and equity among the people of the world and seek to teach the larger societies that love and loving are sweet.

Let it be known clearly that Buccaneers Confraternity is not a secret society by any definition of those words and, indeed, by the meaning of the provisions of Section 318 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as altered). If anybody has any evidence to the contrary, we ask him to kindly furnish us and the Authorities with it/them.

We are aware that many Institutions and intellectually inept writers wrongly refer to us also as a ‘secret cult’. As regards ‘secret’, we feel that they confuse it with ‘private’. As regards ‘cult’, whatever it means, it is not outlawed by the Constitution of this country, which, like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, grants unqualified freedom of Association. We will defend our rights to associate with each other with everything we have. If, in the course of our associating, anybody commits an offence, which is unlikely, then and only then can the authorities step in – and only in respect of the offenders.

In the areas of the country and in the realm of misconceived legislations where some authorities have lazily, wrongly and unconstitutionally labeled us as a proscribed group or included us in their ridiculous schedules of ‘secret cults’, we are instituting cases at the appropriate courts to reverse those senseless acts and to clarify the status of our Brotherhood as a private membership only friendly organization.

Members of the public should beware of impostors who sell fake membership to people. We have a centralized admission procedure which will be found in our website once each year. If any person tells you that he can either admit you into this Brotherhood or facilitate your admission, please check with us first by visiting our website at www.alorasealords.com where you will obtain the numbers to contact.

We also advise any person or group of persons in any tertiary institution who parade themselves as our admission officers to desist from doing so forthwith as we will henceforth partner with Law Enforcement Agencies to crack down on impostors.

For avoidance of doubt, we will soon publish full details of Universities and other tertiary institutions where we have no members.

Accordingly and in the meantime, members of the public should be vigilant and inform us and the Law Enforcement Agencies if any person presents himself as our member in any institution or seeks to recruit you.

Membership of our organization is open to only adult males who are undergraduates and graduates of tertiary institutions and who agree to align themselves with our tenets and set objectives of impacting positively on our society while enhancing our development as a Nation and also to those who agree to exhibit the highest level of citizenship and brotherliness at all times to fellow members.

We join well meaning and patriotic Nigerians in condemning the recent spate of unprovoked attacks and senseless destruction of lives and properties in some northern parts of our country. We condemn the senseless killing of innocent men, women and children, especially the brazen abduction of more than 270 harmless schoolgirls in Borno state and call for their immediate release.

Buccaneers are determined to defend the unity of this nation as we have forged brotherhood across all tribes and regions in the country. As the Grand Eye, I have instructed all members to work with only groups that are prepared to protect the unity of this nation.

We have watched with our mouths agape as Civil Servants and politicians show unimaginable irresponsibility in their handling of public funds and issues, how they brazenly enrich themselves – those in Government and opposition at state, Federal and Local Government levels respectively; how they sell Public properties to each other or corruptly sell public roads to entities of their interest who then introduce toll gates – and how Nepotism and corruption have assumed hitherto unimaginable positions in our Body Politic.

We marvel at the unguarded derision to which stupid ‘politrickcians’ subject our very able and gallant men in the Armed Forces – all because we have a terrible system in which people who have no business around administration of state affairs find themselves in government. We are shocked at the irresponsible behaviour of the same thieving ‘Emperors’: they steal their state treasuries dry, pour coal tar on the roads and claim to have built expensive roads; they buy jets with state funds only for the benefit of they and their families and cronies for the duration of their tenure when the people of their states require water, schools and bursaries; they are either stealing in government or waiting to get the thieves out of government houses so that they can show them how to really loot.

What amazes us most is eminent and transparent desperation of these Crooks for control of State Apparatus that they are always ready to desecrate our highest office – the Presidency (as is never done in any society with sane politicians) – simply because they cannot have their way; the silliest tantrums otherwise now known as ‘open Letter’ is their stock-in-trade. And together with the failing paid PRESS that we now have, they are prepared to beat drums of war and imaginary catastrophe or make open clarion calls for pogrom in some parts of the country upon their loss in the ‘power Game’ or at the earliest indication of even a genuine electoral loss.

We warn all of you. When and if the war starts, you cannot even wait to see it. All your loots will burn………… BE WARNED!!!!!! STOP! THINK! ……. If you run out of the country, we, Nigerian citizens here and abroad and your prospective host countries will come after you…

As the elections draw nearer, I must warn all Buccaneers in various political parties to desist from fighting one another and, to not be involved in un-brotherly or unlawful activities. I will not fail to YELLOW spot any buccaneer who falls below par or who is proven to be involved in any form of violence anywhere and at any time. I have spoken.

Barrister Femi Osibanjo
Grand Eye
08079705196; 08098255933

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