Outlaw the practice of jungle justice in Nigeria

Following the emergence of the gruesome images of a young person being beaten, turtored and burnt to death over the theft of a phone it is time for our lawmakers to sit up, take notice and take action over the very common practice of jungle justice in Nigeria. A practice where individuals or groups of persons take the law into their own hands and mete our severe and mostly fatal punishment to people allegedly caught committing offences.

The reputation of Nigeria as a lawless nation is gathering momentum with the numerous incidents of such gruesome barbarity taking place and pictures or video recordings making their way to social media for the entire world to see. The police don't seem to realize that it is their duty to intervene in such situations and protect the life of the victim regardless of their crime. They seem grossly ignorant of the basic principle of law and order that a person is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law and thus must be protected from any form of non judicial punishment. Instead what we have sometimes seen is police officers standing by and looking on while these acts are unfolding.

This cannot continue to happen in the 20th century. In a nation filled with educated and enlightened people. This practice must no longer be condoned in a nation where law and order must be upheld. No one must be allowed to take the law into their own hands.

We need the government to pass a bill to henceforth outlaw Jungle Justice in Nigeria and any perpetrators brought to greater justice in a court of law. Also anyone or persons taking part in acts that result in any loss of lives must become liable to face the firing squad.

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