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iaajah-6909	Ishaya Brunu ; Laiyau Joel Pani 	QUEST FOR WEALTH AND POWER IN THE NIGERIAN SOCIETY: MODELLING RELIGION AS AN INSTRUMENT IN ADDRESSING THE MENACE OF KILLING HUMAN BEINGS FOR RITUAL 	2025	8	.pdf	application/pdf	4386	215	55	Dept. of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Tansian University Umunya Indexed: Academic Journals Online, Google Scholar, Igwebuike Research Institute 74 QUEST FOR WEALTH AND POWER IN THE NIGERIAN SOCIETY: MODELLING RELIGION AS AN INSTRUMENT IN ADDRESSING THE MENACE OF KILLING HUMAN BEINGS FOR RITUAL Ishaya Brunu & Laiyau Joel Pani Lecturer, Department of Christian Religious Studies, Taraba State University, Jalingo ishayabrunu@gmail.com; panijoel495@gmail.com Abstract Killing of human beings for ritual sacrifices in the quest for power, wealth and protection has affected Nigeria in numerous ways, with a toll on the socio-cultural and communal relations of the people. In pre- colonial African societies, human beings were offered for ritual sacrifices to deities.	cache/iaajah-6909.pdf	txt/iaajah-6909.txt