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Young cultists aged between 9 and 16 years have for long converted the Scout Camp Neighborhood, market, Ibadan, Nigeria to a place of refuge.
The under-aged cultists, comprising primary, secondary school students and drop-outs, engage in trailing and providing information on potential victims, pick-pocketing at public places, burglary in residential areas among other crimes.
The young criminals retreat to the market as a place of safety, whenever they commit crime, just as they make use of illicit substances within the precincts of the market.
Sadly, owners of shops and open stalls at the market give moral and financial support to the young criminals, even though the state owned security network has an office in the market.
It is however, disturbing that traders and residents carry on as if all is well, while these criminals continue to commit various crimes with impunity.
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