Juliana Francis
The Anambra State Police Commissioner, CP Aderemi Adeoye, has warned that the State Police Command will not condone the reckless resort to jungle justice by anyone or group in the State.
He described any mob that lynches suspected criminals as beasts. According to Adeoye, groups that resort to jungle justice are worse than the suspects they lynch.
He said: “Someone steals a phone, and a mob kills him. The sentence for stealing a phone is three years imprisonment. Those who lynch him or her commit murder which carries the death penalty as the Courts have not delegated anyone outside the Judiciary to try, convict and execute suspects.”
The Commissioner advised all aggrieved persons to take their cases to the Police and if they do not get justice to contact his office directly.
He assured the people of Anambra State that the Command will always be alive to its responsibility in maintaining law and order, stressing that recourse to self-help will not be tolerated.
