I WAS IN NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA IN ANAMBRA STATE A FEW WEEKS AGO AND I WAS MOLESTED. YES, MOLESTED BY A SCARY LOOKING INDIVIDUAL WHO SAID HE WAS A STUDENT OF THE SCHOOL FOR DRAPING A SHAWL AROUND MY NECK. THE  BOY WHO LOOKED SCRUFFY WITH HIS HAIRY CHEST PEEKING OUT OF HIS HALF WAY BUTTONED SHIRT TOLD ME THAT HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SHOOL’S ANTI-CULT GROUP AND THAT HE PERSONALLY HAD A LAW AGAINST PEOPLE WEARING SHAWLS IN THE SCHOOL.                                                      I WANTED TO BE SURE THAT I WAS HEARING WHAT I WAS HEARING AND NOT IMAGINING IT. HE TOLD ME THAT EVEN THOUGH I WAS A VISITOR, I WASN’T EXEMPT FROM HIS RULE. HE WENT AHEAD TO ASK ME IF I WANTED HIM TO SEIZE THE SHAWL FROM ME AND INVITED ME TO COME AND SEE THE ONES HE HAD PREVIOUSLY SEIZED FROM STUDENTS. I ASKED HIM IF IT WAS A RULE IN THE SCHOOL AND HE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS HIS PERSONAL RULE. SINCE I KNEW THAT I COULDN’T BEAT HIM UP I HAD TO TAKE IT OFF ESPECIALLY AFTER SOME STUDENTS AROUND ASKED ME TO JUST RELAX.

               ON BOARDING A BUS TO LEAVE THE SCHOOL, I OVERHEARD SOME STUDENTS DISCUSSING THIS SAME ANTI-CULT GROUP AND HOW THEY WERE BECOMING TYRANTS AND BULLIES. THEY TALKED ABOUT A STUDENT WHO AFTER HER FINAL PAPER OF HER FINAL YEAR RETURNED TO HER ROOM TO REST AND THE ANTI-CULT STUDENTS CAME IN AND STARTED ASKING ALL THE OCCUPANTS TO OF THE HALL TO COME OUT AND ONE OF THEM CAME TO HER ROOM TO ASK HER TO COME OUT AND SHE ASKED WHAT THE REASON WAS, TO WHICH THE REPLY SHE GOT WAS A SLAP FROM THIS FELLOW STUDENT. INSULTED, SHE RESPONDED WITH AN EQUALLY HOT SLAP. THE REST OF THE GROUP RUSHED TO HER ROOM WHEN THE BOY BECKONED FOR THEM AND THEY PULLED HER OUT UNTO THE LAWN AND MADE HER KNEEL DOWN, RAISE HER HANDS AND CLOSE HER EYES. THIS FROM PEOPLE WHO UNDOUBTEDLY BELIEVE THEY ARE “LEADERS” TO A PERSON WHO IS NOT A MINOR.

     NOW THESE STUDENTS WENT ON TO DISCUSS HOW ONE OF THE “PEACE KEEPERS” COMMANDEERS INDIAN HEMP FROM SOME OTHER STUDENTS WHO SELL THE ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE IN EXCHANGE FOR KEEPING THEIR MERCHANDISE AND ILLEGAL BUSINESS SAFE.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

                    MY QUESTIONS ARE DIRECTED TO THE SCHOOL AND THE PEOPLE WHO RUN IT.

·        BY WHAT CRITERIA WERE THESE STUDENTS CHOSEN?

·        WHAT EXACTLY IS THEIR JOB?

·        DO THEY HAVE ABSOLUTE POWER, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY?

·        WHO EXACTLY CHECKS THEM AND ARE THE REST OF THE STUDENTS AWARE OF THEIR OWN RIGHTS IF THEY STILL HAVE ANY?

·        WHY IS THEIR COMMITTEE NAMED ANTI-CULT WHEN OBVIOSLY THEY STEP OUT OF THAT REGION?

·        HAVE THESE STUDENTS ACTUALLY BEEN DELIVERING CULTISTS TO THE AUTHORITIES CONCERNED?

·        DO THEY HAVE THE GO AHEAD FROM THE SCHOOL AUTHORITIES TO EXERCISE THIS POWER ON VISITORS WHO ARENT BOUND BY ANY RULES IN THE SCHOOL?

·        WHEN DO THE STUDENTS SAY IT IS ENOUGH AND TO WHOM DO THEY TAKE THEIR COMPLAINTS BECAUSE LIKE IT OR NOT EVERYBODY CAN KEEP ON TAKING SUCH INSULTS FROM THESE STUDENTS?

                      I HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT THE SCHOOL AUTHORITIES ARE UNAWARE OF THE HEIGHT TO WHICH THIS MENACE THAT THEY HAVE CREATED IS BEING TAKEN. THEY WILL DO WELL TO REMEMBER THAT THE CULTS THAT EVERYBODY NOW FEARS WERE ONCE LEGAL WHEN MR.  TAI SOLARIN INSTITUTED THEM FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF KEEPING SCHOOL ACTIVITES IN CHECK.