Ritual killings for economic gains among youth in Nigeria have\nbecome a disheartening trend and currently threaten the peace and security of\nthe nation. If this issue is not urgently addressed, more youth will be lured\nto believe in the trend that the fetishization of violence is a major gateway\nto acquiring wealth and liberating oneself from economic hardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is no longer news how some youth are increasingly joining\nthe internet scamming business to solve their individual and family social\nchallenges. These scammers known as \u2018Yahoo Boys\u2019 have recently been seen on\nvarious social media platforms carrying out one form of ritual or the other all\nin an attempt to make money and live ostentatiously. The increasing spiritualization\nof money-making coupled with defrauding of innocent and helpless victims, especially\namong the youth is also a fallout of the weak socio-economic systems in Nigeria\nas seen in the high rate of unemployment and poverty in the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Between last 2021 and 2022 there are several cases recorded\non the fetishization of violence by the youth for economic empowerment: A Yahoo\nboy, known as Osas, from Benin City, Edo State, was alleged to have murdered his girlfriend<\/a>, Elohor, for money ritual in December 2021; on January 11,\n2022, police in Plateau State, Nigeria, arrested a 20-year-old suspected Yahoo boy<\/a> called Moses who allegedly killed\nJennifer, a 300 level student of the University of Jos; in the same month, three young boys were\narrested in Ogun<\/a> State for killing their friend girlfriend\nand burnt her head for money ritual; a\nfirst-class graduate of medical laboratory attempted to kill<\/a> his mother for money ritual\non January 23, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many of such violent attacks are\nagainst the female gender which also makes it imperative for the Nigerian\ngovernment to proffer a solution to curb the root causes-which are poverty and\nlack of economic empowerment schemes for the youth. The legislative arm of\ngovernment must also begin to look into finding lasting solutions to this\nmenace vis a vis formulation of relevant policies and actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We also call on civil society\norganizations and stakeholders in the conflicts prevention and peacebuilding sector\nin Nigeria to rise to the occasion to foster peaceful co-existence among the\nNigerian youths. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Parents and religious leaders also\nhave a huge role to play in sensitizing their wards on the essence of humanity and\nsustainable pathways to wealth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Building Blocks for Peace (BBFORPEACE) is a non-governmental organization working on Conflict Prevention, the Prevention of Violent Extremism, Peacebuilding, and Sustainable Development in Nigeria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Written by<\/p>\n\n\n\n Amos Oluwatoye Ritual killings for economic gains among youth in Nigeria have become a disheartening trend and currently threaten the peace and security of the nation. If…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[22,8,7],"class_list":["post-494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bbforpeace","tag-unscr2250","tag-youth4peace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bbforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":497,"href":"https:\/\/bbforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494\/revisions\/497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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