Feb 2019
Sun has set on charred remains,
Of an unfortunate fellow,
Happened upon the wrong place,
At the most importune time,
The birds tell one tale,
And the rats another,
But the mob wanted blood,
And ended another life needlessly.
Of an unfortunate fellow,
Happened upon the wrong place,
At the most importune time,
The birds tell one tale,
And the rats another,
But the mob wanted blood,
And ended another life needlessly.
Reminiscent of the lynchings of the 1800's and 1900's in America, and many other inhumane acts of recklessness in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, Nigerian have taken theirs in a another dimension that defies logic. This week, another person has been burnt to death on the assumption of being a robber. The young man was at a bus stop when a mob jumped him, called him "thief!" bludgeoned him, threw car tyres around him doused him with petrol, and burned him to ashes.
Cases of such barbarism are not alien, many times premised on the incompetence of law enforcement agencies, people would rather effect their own kind of justice rather than wait out civil jurisprudence. SAD.
Cases of such barbarism are not alien, many times premised on the incompetence of law enforcement agencies, people would rather effect their own kind of justice rather than wait out civil jurisprudence. SAD.
