Former vice President Atiku Abubakar has, as usual, taken to twitter to condemn the killing of a 7 year old boy who was lynched by an angry mob in the Badagry area of Lagos much recently, albeit to include those other part of the country.
This follows the trends of an unconfirmed report circulated by different source which claimed the killing of a 7 year old boy accused of stealing of Garri, although other account had started to emerge against both the age claim and conduct of the young boy.
Atiku tweets;
I’m saddened by the stories of lynching from different parts of Nigeria. Irrespective of age or alleged crime, we have to be more tolerant.
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) 18 November 2016
That jungle justice still exists is an indictment of our justice system. We must work harder to deepen confidence in our justice system.
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) 18 November 2016
Jungle justice is fairly common in many Nigerian cities, where the sense that the system cannot provide justice compels mobs to mete out immediate ‘justice’.
The most famous mob killing in Nigeria till date was the killing of four University students in the town of Aluu, Rivers state