Nigeria: Surge In Ritual Killings In Our Land: Any Antidote?

Criminal activities and man’s inhumanity to man have continued to take different dimensions every day. Various media in different parts of the globe have become awash with reports of various types of killings caused by various factors such as political and ethnic violence, religious extremism, banditry, cult war and ritual acts.

While we read in papers, social media, and watch on television screens, horrible reports of Boko Haram killings in different parts of the North, ritual killings are becoming a recurring incident, especially in different parts of Southern Nigeria. Though the act of killing for ritual purposes has existed for a long time, the rate at which the act is perpetrated nowadays is becoming alarming.

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