Kegites Group has denied any link with cultism in the country’s institution of higher learning
It maintained that the club is a social cultural organisation which was founded to protect and promote African culture through African songs, folklore and other elements.
The club gave the clarification at a press conference in Ibadan on Sunday ahead of its 50 years anniversary celebration in Nigeria
Speaking at the University of Ibadan Kegites Shrine,the Head of the Club referred to as Chief, AB National, Peter Omotunde and the Chairman 50th Anniversary Committee, Lekan Osiade,maintained that Kegite Club recently registered the Kegites Club of Nigeria with Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC to further develop on the ideas of the founding fathers of their club in University of Ibadan.
According to Omotunde, “the celebration of the 50 years of Kegites Club in University of Ibadan which we are kick-starting today is a worthy tribute to the contribution of our fada6.
He said:”The celebration should have been celebrated last year but due to some challenges, which we were able to surmount, we are celebrating it with a year long celebrations.Their vision of a club that celebrates the African culture and tradition among youth in theUniversity of Ibadan as at then is a confirmation that the substance of Nigerian youth in the Universities of yore as agents of the promotion of the fraternal love expounded in our culture and tradition.
“Historically, Kegites Club National Headquarters which had existed before 1972, when it was so named, had initially borne Kegites Confraternity. The sole aim was to use African songs, folklore and other elements of Africanity to encourage university undergraduates of that era everywhere to maintain their Africaness.
“We preach peace, love and mutual respect among other variants of the club in Nigeria and we are open to relationships with youth everywhere in the world”.
The chairman Planning Committee, Lekan Osiade, while urging the Nigerian youths to collect their PVC,noted that any leader that emerged in the 2023 elections will also affect them.
He maintained that Kegites Club is a social cultural organisation which was founded to protect and promote African culture through African songs, folklore and other elements as against erroneous insinuation in some quarters that the club is a cult.
He added: “Go and your PVC so that you can vote a leader of your choice as the decision will also affect you. The Kegites Club is founded to maintain African culture, tradition and value of African and this is necessary to correct the erroneous believe that Kegites is a cult”.