Police rescue 2 jungle justice victims, warn perpetrators

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has said it rescued two victims of jungle justice from being lynched.

In recent times, corpses of alleged criminals tortured and burnt to death and deposited along some major road junctions in Uyo, the state capital, have become recurrent.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Odiko Macdon, in a press release in Uyo on Tuesday, said the victims, one Ubong Sunny Ossom who stole two bottles of Campari at a supermarket in Uruan LGA, and one Christian Effiong who stole a generator in Ibesikpo Asutan LGA were rescued from being burnt to death.

The PPRO warned perpetrators of jungle justice to desist from the act, adding that the command would arrest and prosecute offenders.

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While condemning stealing as a crime, Macdon stated that jungle justice is not in line with the nation’s legal system.