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The word confraternity according to popular believe means group of people united and devoted to a common course and some particular purpose,or doctrine with a realistic bid to develop
The misconceptions pondered by members of the society has become erroneous with people living in fears and absolute disbelieve over their heinous and unwholesome activities.
Although the blames are not to the society who may have been obsessed by the unruly behavior, but to those who have suddenly turn murderer.
This has caused spinning panics across the length and breath of the sickening society. Living so much unrest amongst the minds of the youths and aged in fear of who may be the next to be killed.
In Nigeria, confraternity is a group that is nominally university-based, and for the reasonable elites.
The first confraternity, the Pyrates Confraternity was created as a social organization for promising students.
In 1952, Wole Soyinka and a group of six friends (Ralph Opara, Ikhehare Aig-Imokhuede, Sylvanus Egbuchie, Nathaniel Oyelola, Pius Oleghe, Olumuyiwa Awe) formed the Pyrate Confraternity at the elite University College, Ibadan, then part of the University of London.
According to the Pyrates, the "Magnificent Seven", as they called themselves, observed that the university was populated with wealthy students associated with the colonial powers and a few poorer students striving in manner and dress to be accepted by the more advantaged students, while social life was dictated by tribal affiliation.
However, as new confraternities were formed, they became increasingly violent through the 1970s and 1980s. By the 1990s, many confraternities largely operated as criminal gangs, called "campus cults" in Nigeria.
Soyinka would later note that the Pyrates wanted to differentiate themselves from "stodgy establishment and its pretentious products in a new educational institution different from a culture of hypocritical and affluent middleclass, different from alienated colonial aristocrats".
The organization also known as the National Association of Seadogs (NAS) adopted the motto "Against all conventions", the skull and crossbones as their logo, while members adopted confraternity names such as "Cap'n Blood" and "Long John Silver".
When fellow students protested a proposal to build a railroad across the road leading to the university, fearing that easier transportation would make the university less exclusive, the Pyrates successfully ridiculed the argument as elitist.
Roughly analogous to the fraternities and sororities of North America, the Pyrates Confraternity proved popular among students, even after the original members moved on.
Membership was open to any promising male student, regardless of tribe or race, but selection was stringent and most applicants were denied. For almost 20 years, the Pyrates were the only confraternity on Nigerian campuses.
The Supreme Eiye Confraternity (also known as the National Association of Air Lords) was formed in the University of Ibadan in 1965, also affiliated to the Eiye Secret Society.
It was formed by the following students: Goke Adeniji, Dele Nwakpele, Bayo Adenubi, Bode Fadase, Tunde Aluko, Kayode Oke, and Bode Sowunmi among others.
It was named Eiye group and later metamorphosed into Supreme Eiye Confraternity (SEC).
This group was established to make positive impact on the social-political mind, social cultural, physical and mental development of its members, and where indifferent to other conventional cult group.
Buccaneers Association of Nigeria (BAN) in 1972, Bolaji Crew (Code-named “Late Ahoy Rica Ricardo”) and others were expelled from the Pyrates for failing to meet expected standards. Carew went on to found the Buccaneers Confraternity (also called the National Associations of Sea Lords), largely copying the Seadogs' structure, symbols and ceremonies.
The Supreme Vikings Confraternity (National Association of Adventurers or, alternately, De Norsemen Club of Nigeria) was formed by three young men 1982 who were former members of the Buccaneers at the University of Port Harcourt.
Black Axe Confraternity also called the Neo-Black Movement of Africa was formed at the University of Benin in Benin City in 1976 by some young men with the motive of building a body to fight against the oppression against Black men (Students) at the university.
Those who initiated this association are rumoured to be runaways from Neo black Movement of Africa, an organization in South Africa that fought the apartheid war and escaped into Nigeria for safety.
Investigation has shown that it was the borrowed notion that was imported to Nigeria
The Ladies are not left out when you talk about confraternities in Nigeria. So not neglecting them, below is a list of the top female confraternities:
Black-bra, Black Berets, Woman Brassier (brave), Daughters of Jezebel, Pink Lady, Amazons, White Angels, Lady of Rose, Sisterhood of Darkness, Golden Daughters, The Ten wonderful Girls, White Ladies, The Royal Queens, Daughters of the Knight, The Knights of the Aristos, etc.
The sorority groups were formed as female responses to their male counterparts’ activities, imitations, and most interestingly these females are girlfriends of the members of the male cult groups. They act as spies to their male counterpart
In 1990, 'street and creek' confraternities began and set in a new dimension to its aims and objectives.
Besides normal criminal activity, confraternities have been linked to political violence, as well as the conflict in the Niger Delta.
Different notorious cult groups had emerging without check from the concerned authority, unleashing terror on humanity and posterity.
A major impetus for the creation of new confraternities was the fact that members of the new groups simply did not meet the high academic and intellectual standards set by the Seadogs, and thus considered the original organization to be elitist.
The major reason for these group was never to kill and maim others but for special development through the established philosophy of the fore fathers.
Today a lot of people have died for a sin of another man. He wasn't there when another person committed offense against a believer of another group.
The man killed and the one who killed him have equal rights to fraternize with likes mind who shares a common philosophy for growth and development.
But detest those who believes that a brother must be killed for a selfish reason.
I urged those forebears, I mean the standout leaders to regroup and sell the real reasons why they believe in liberation, growth and development.
From Pyrates, Eiye, vikings, Black Axe, Buccaneers and others rise up and sow the right seed on your members.
Live out hate and encourage peace as that is is the only root to growth.
With absolute respect to the leaders of each group, you will account for any soul killed in the course of violence.
The movement is now hate it or like it. Channel your objectives, philosophy and energy to challenge bad government not to hurt your brother. You can't keep killing and expect to live.
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