EDITORIAL; DO YOU KNOW WHY OAU WOULD NEVER FORGET "GEORGE IWILADE (AFRIKA)
Can a fish know its weight? The answer to this is undoubtedly NO, why? Because the life of the fish is so dominated by water that when they're out of the water they become conscious of themselves. This analogy directly explain the kind of relationship that exists between Nigeria Students (Fish) and Cultism (water). On July 10 1999 where Afrika and five other students of OAU died with 11others injured is a remarkable events that depitched the ill-effects of cultism on Nigeria universities. The event was an attack perpetuated by 40 members of the Neo-Black movement of Africa (Black Axe) confratanity OAU branch. The Black Axe is a confratanity infesting Nigeria society particularly the country's universities also responsible for violent crime in those days. Report has it that "they invaded the Awolowo Hall of residence at around 3:30a.m, clad in black trousers and black T-shirt, their face hidden by masks, armed with guns and hatches against armless Students. Prior to this ...