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The root causes of criminality are complex and multifaceted, as it were. Apart from well-established root causes such as dysfunctional family structures, substance abuse, greed and peer pressure, the get-rich-quick teaching of some native doctors who have turned into social media influencers, indoctrination of young people with false doctrines and criminal idolatry – which gives criminals a false sense of invincibility – have exacerbated crimes in Nigeria.
While drug abuse could impair judgement, lead to impulsive behaviours and increase the likelihood of engaging in crime, the increase in the number of native doctors and witch doctors – who prepare charms for criminals – have been shown to be directly correlated to the increase in crime in Nigeria. Also, many young people have been lured into terrorist groups by spiritual leaders who indoctrinated them with false teachings.
This is just one example of the influence some of these native doctors have on criminals. In an academic paper published in Human Affairs, a researcher from the University of Ibadan, established a common denominator amongst young people apprehended for internet fraud – also known as Yahoo Plus- by the EFCC. The researcher established that ‘’charms such as afose , oruka-ere , ijapa , ose-awure , atona ’’ are commonly used by these criminals during internet surfing when defrauding victims’’.
The recent law in Anambra has helped in clamping down hundreds of kidnapers and their accomplices. But as expected, this has come with some push back from a tiny minority.
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