The Lagos State Police Command has warned residents against engaging in jungle justice, stressing that taking the law into one’s hands is a criminal ...

Despite its brutality, some Nigerians justify jungle justice as a necessary evil. They argue that police corruption, delayed justice, and perceived impunity make legal redress unreliable. While ...

Mobs play God whenever they visit jungle justice on suspected offenders. They level the accusation, confirm guilt and summarily execute punishment, all in one swoop without giving the suspect an ...

Aminu Danmaliki has attributed the increasing incidents of mob killings often linked to alleged blasphemy cases to the federal government's persistent failure to prosecute perpetrators, rather than to ...

Vigilante violence is so prevalent in Nigeria that suspicion of petty theft can get one killed. Experts say Nigeria must reform its justice and police systems to deter it. Readers may find parts of ...

An angry mob has meted out jungle justice to a motorcycle rider alleged to be a thief. The victim whose identity is yet to be ascertained and a passenger of his, are alleged to have robbed some ...

The suspect was already shot on the leg by a policeman before he was caught by the street mob. An armed robbery suspect has been burnt to death in Lagos by an angry mob after he fell off a motorcycle ...

The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) on Sunday, October 20, condemned what it described as dangerous and abhorrent trend of jungle justice. The police cautioned the general public on the consequences of ...

Mob justice, lynching, jungle is a social canker that has consumed Ghanaians themselves for decades The killing of young Austin Tengeeh at Sakumono near Tema is heartbreaking. A life cut short over ...