The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and some prominent Nigerians, including former presidential candidates – Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi – have condemned the lynching of 16 hunters in Uromi, Edo State, after they were allegedly mistaken for kidnappers by local vigilantes.
NBA president Afam Osigwe stated in a statement on Saturday that “the gruesome murder of the hunters shows the alarming rise of vigilante justice across Nigeria.”
He added, “It is deeply troubling that…
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