JUNGLE JUSTICE : THE PEOPLE'S OWN LEGAL SYSTEM

JUNGLE JUSTICE : THE PEOPLE'S OWN LEGAL SYSTEM

I believe we all know or have an idea of what Jungle Justice means, but for the benefit of the doubt and to enlighten those who don't know, I will define what it means before I say what I want to say.

Jungle Justice is defined as the CAPITAL PUNISHMENT meted out by individuals without any legal authority on a suspected individual.

Now that we know what jungle justice means, I will like to go straight to my point without further Ado. I have noticed that this form of justice is frequent particularly in this country. In Nigeria, we believe we can take the lives of people suspected of one crime or the other without due judicial or legal process.

There are times when these suspects are caught in the act and there are times when people just listen to what one or two persons say and before you say JACK ROBINSON, the suspect is lifeless in his or her own pool of blood.

While I was putting these thoughts down, a particular incidence came to my remembrance, it was the case of the four University of Port Harcourt students that were killed in Aluu Community in Port Harcourt, Rivers State in 2012. These guys, Ugonna Obuzor, Toku Lloyd, Chiadika Biringa and Tekena Elkanah were falsely accused of theft and we're stripped naked, beaten, tortured and then burnt to death alive.

This incident gives me goosebumps and my eyes get misty each time I remember, even know i have tears running down my eyes.

My question now Is :Why do people take laws into their own hands? Is it that people have stopped believing in the judicial system of this country or why exactly don't they wait for the law to take its own course befriend they administer theirs.

Don't get me wrong, I am not saying stealing, kidnapping and all the other crimes people commit is good, but why take laws into your hands when we have agencies set to do just that..

Is it that these agencies have failed in their duties in time past? Is it that we feel the Police, JTF, Military personnels and the rest security agencies can't give justice the way we want? When and how did this barbaric act start? Nigerians, how did we get here, that we don't value human lives anymore?

I need answers.....

Adeyeye Aderonke 2016

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