Defined as type of organized crime syndicate whose primary activities are protection racketeering, arbitrating disputes between criminals, and brokering and enforcing illegal agreements and transactions. In the recent changes in governance in the African countries, the mafia families have started to emerge hiding themselves in the name “democracy” while in really sense they want to control the country in every organ.These has led to more people being pushed to poverty levels, how do we control these families and yet they control almost everything ?

