Socil Implications of Human Killing for money ritual among the Yoruba people of Southwestern Nigeria.
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2024
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Tropical Journal of Arts and Humanities
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Human killing for money ritual in Nigeria, particularly in the southwest region, has become a source of general
concern. The highly valued virtues of hard work, honesty and dignity of labour have been sacrificed on the altar of
materialism and the Get-Rich-Quick syndrome by the money ritualists. Their belief that wealth accumulation is
more important regardless of the repercussions of such activities have negatively impacted the country's already
fragile security situation. Over time, this menace has sparked a flurry of discussions among stakeholders on security
issues related to development. Previous studies on the subject of money ritual induced human killing and its effects
in southwest Nigeria has mostly been examined from a number of perspectives. Some scholars studied the problem
from a security viewpoint, while others viewed it from the perspectives of poverty, greed, unemployment and loss of
morals without paying adequate attention to its social implications. Therefore, the objective of this study is to
examine the social implications of money ritual induced human killing. Youths and middle-aged men and women
from Yoruba communities were interviewed using qualitative and unstructured questions. The findings showed that
the causes of human killing for money ritual includ greed, inordinate ambition, peer pressure, social media
influence, poor parenting, loss of societal value systems, government insensitivity to the plight of the people,
unemployment, corruption, and similar issues. The study recommends that both parents and government should
make good efforts to reorient the youths as they also improve on security architectire.
Keywords: Motivated Human Killing, Money Ritual, Social Implications, Yo
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Oke Olusegun Peter