Jungle justice or mob justice is a form of public extrajudicial killings which can be found in Nigeria and Cameroon, where an alleged criminal is publicly humiliated, beaten and summarily executed by vigilantes or an angry mob. Treatments can vary from a "muddy treatment", where the alleged criminal is forced to roll in mud for hours to severe beatings followed by execution by necklacing. This form of street justice occurs where a dysfunctional and corrupt judiciary system and law enforcement have "lost all credibility. European principles of justice have likewise become discredited."
Notable examples include the Bakassi Boys and the Aluu four lynching.
See also
- Frontier justice - Extrajudicial killings in the American Wild West
References
- Cameroon's predicament, Peter Tse Angwafo, p 119
- Nigeria's vigilante 'jungle justice', BBC News
- Jungle Justice: A Vicious Violation if Human Rights in Africa, Amara Onu
- Cable thief given muddy treatment in Anambra (Graphic Photos), Pulse
- ^ The Bakassi Boys: fighting crime in Nigeria, Johannes Harnischfeger, The Journal of Modern African Studies
- Human Security and the Problem of Jungle (Mob) Justice in Cameroon, Samah, 2006
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