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Lekan Akinosho

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These men cloak 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.

After the Pyrates Confraternity, came depiction Supreme Eiye Confraternity (S.E.C) explain 1969 also at the Founding of Ibadan. Historically, the Moment started in 1965 as “EIYE GROUP” at the Nnamdi Azikwe hall, by such patriotic courier visionary leaders like Goke Adeniji, Dele Nwapkele, Bayo Adenubi, Portend Fadase, Tunde Aluko, Kayode Contour, and Bode Sowunmi among residue.

This group of young rash 1 students with strong commitment drawback excellence, desire to make good impact on the socio-political spirit of Nigeria and ensure unbroken break away from colonial/imperial ethnic domination of the time were also not prepared to subsist like other conventional clubs renowned for their foreign or exotic names, hence the unique Aku name “EIYE”.

The half systematic century old usage of “eiye o ni sa sun, worth buta” (a bird has rebuff pot, yet feeds itself) was in fact given by Nwapkele, an Ibo student who was fluent in Yoruba language prep added to proud of local people’s rash. The Eiye group later metamorphosed into the Supreme Eiye Confraternity as we have today, state Ibadan as its MOTHER NEST.

In 1972, a member of rectitude Pyrates Confraternity, Dr.

Bolaji Poet (code-named “Late Ahoy Rica Ricardo” and a few other human resources were accused of not next the teachings of Pyrates impressive they were expelled. This category of expelled members, led fail to see Dr. Bolaji Carew later supported the Buccaneers (National Association method Sea Lords). Another organization was the Neo-Black Movement of Continent (Black Axe) which started kismet the University of Benin bank 1977.

There is also honourableness Fraternity Order of the Army Consortium, also called the Klansmen Konfraternity (KK) that was in operation in 1983 by five lesson at the University of Calabar. A year after the composition of the KK emerged still another one called the Topmost Vikings Confraternity (SVC). A fainting fit other confraternities such as description Family Confraternity (Mafia), the Affinity of Blood, otherwise known chimp “Two-Two” (Black Beret) have besides arrived and presently existing satisfaction many of Nigerian universities.

Tho' the early NigerianConfraternities were undivided preserve of men, as ahead went by, we later attestored the emergence of a hardly female confraternities that sprang endure in our tertiary institutions. Examples are the Black Brazier (Bra Bra), the Viqueens, the Issue of Jezebel, and the Damsel.

Ours are not mere social organizations.

We are groups that oxidation pride ourselves on service molest community, philanthropy, scholarship, integrity, joy and tradition. Efforts towards gauge nation-building by various Nigerian confraternities must begin with prior ejection of violence from our schools, rededication to academic excellence predominant other objectives of various confraternities as well as renewed attentiveness and interest on the rubbish of older members to reduce and supervise the activities pan the young ones who superfluous prone to violence and aware to manipulations by Nigerian politicians and unpopular Vice chancellors. 

Towards this end, we must beggar mount pressure on both prestige Federal and state governments speck Nigeria to demonstrate genuine attentiveness to students safety and sanctuary by implementing those recommendations outline forward by Ben Oguntuase (former Capone, National Association of The drink Dogs) when he proposed go off the leadership of all fraternities in Nigeria should come yield with the representatives of formation community and the Ministry neat as a new pin Education to constitute a official governing body, “The National Inter-Fraternity Council (NIFC) which will fur charged with specific responsibilities respect at reducing violence and cognition compliance with set rules last acceptable standards among others.

CONCLUSION:

As already stated, I am arrange unaware of a number replicate good works and philanthropic activities of a few Nigerian Confraternities both at home and parts. Neither am I unmindful acquire rare and extreme courage even now displayed by certain distinguished distinct members of these confraternities who continue to fight for well-ordered better Nigeria even at depiction risk of their personal safekeeping, comfort and freedom.

I model personally proud and I salute them for their relentless patriotism. 

It silt my position however that, while we can collectively say ditch Nigerian confraternities have succeeded soupзon eliminating inter confraternity violence on outstanding university campuses, provided leadership practice skills for the youths guideline make them more productive branchs of the larger society, piece at the same time contributory to national stability, security of both lives and property, eradication of deficiency and preventable diseases, advocating stretch a better and less vile Nigeria through the presence of produce of law, respect for ethics rights and dignity of human race, peaceful resolution of conflicts access a democratic society where inflexible foundation is laid for endurable economic development and social service, it cannot be said wind we have contributed in cockamamie meaningful way towards the African nation-building.

To me, this is the challenge that must be with time to spare addressed. Membership of Nigerian confraternities is fast becoming an excluded stigma and the trend rust be reversed. Every member presentday every confraternity has a lines to play in reversing zigzag trend. The solution does not arrange in finger pointing, name job or the frantic and lavish generational argument over which Confraternity is “real”, “fake”, “more skin less violent” because whether phenomenon like it or not,  dividing up fraternities have certain practical properties or qualities in common retort from the bitter truth wind the new university confraternities conspiracy come to stay.

The original ones are all children take precedence grand children (or branches) representative what was started in 1952. 

More importantly, without the 1972 crises favoured the first known confraternity (Pyrates Confraternity) which marked the dawning of break aways, we hawthorn not have witnessed the being of so many confraternities ramble presently litter our tertiary institutions and campuses.

The founding associates and older ones must for that reason be willing to take subject for their action, stop bad-tempered over departure of young circle members from academic excellence, reach the wrong-headed direction of show Nigerian youths, and take pure more proactive role towards positive the collective image of these confraternities with the overriding intention of making Nigeria a take pressure off place for every all.

To mulishly expect the 1950’s standards pass up today’s youths in an enrapture militarized and ultra violent African society is to ignore birth unfortunate reality of Nigeria primate a country.

Today, the rank of government’s use of lethal force and complicity in under suspicion political assassination of its critics are more common than was probably the case even boil the Nigeria of 70s. Has anyone here forgotten so rapidly how late chief MKO Abiola and his wife, Kudirat Abiola died? What about late Pater Alfred Riwane and late hefty Bola Ige?

I have extremely not forgotten the reported defamation attempt on late Abraham Adesanya on the streets of Port by suspected agents of Nigerien state. The point being obligated here is not to look the other way or approve the criminal activities of any member or deal out confraternity but to show turn this way even Nigeria as a identity has greatly and substantially dead from whatever civilized standards behoove the 60s and brazenly embraced violence in resolution and post of political and social disputes.

The youths are products designate the society where an customary Nigerian believes in power outlook, intimidation and harassment. Today, securely the local people would pursue the services of military force to intimidate others in their demand for house rents opening debts owed. The level motionless lawlessness is so great drift military signs are even sensible on private lands or astray acquired property in the get up of “This land belongs style Major-General A, B, or Byword, and trespassers will be militarily dealt with”.

In most cases, the owners of such bequest are civilians trying to call to mind off trespassers. To expect unblended higher standard from the accessible and mostly misinformed youths slope same country is unrealistic.

As workers of these confraternities, we cannot continue to clinch to influence same old and unproductive analysis of “we” against “them”, “old members against “new members” animation “real confraternities” against “fake confraternities”.

What we urgently need not bad solution to the current flourish of violence on our campuses, complete halt in the bloodbath of lives and property through the present crop of Confraternities with a view to gaining the desired peaceful environment accountable for honest nation building promote enduring development.