Amnesty International has described mob action as barbaric , illegal and more importantly not a form of justice in all ramifications or under any circumstance.
It also revealed that no fewer than 555 have been killed across the country’s six geo-political zones in 11 years due to mob violence.
Programmes Manager for Amnesty international, Barbara Magaji, made the revelation at the weekend in Calabar during the campaign walk against mob violence by members of Amnesty International in Calabar.
Magaji said that the victims of mob violence are either framed up or unjustly attacked because someone raised a false alarm against them in a public public place which includes market places , squares or on the streets.
According to her, every year, out of the 11 years used for a study on mob violence, averagely 55 people die, as a result of mob violence.
Her words :”We spent two years documenting situations that happened across the country on mob violence for a period of 11 years, from 2012 to 2024.
“From the study we carried out, the sources mob violence as we saw, is that people are killed because of allegations of witch craft, or someone has said that some has stolen something in a public place.
“We discovered that victims are sometimes wrongly stoned or burnt to death.
“All we are asking is that members of the public should not take the laws into their hands. Once issues like this crops up, first report this to the police or other relevant agencies, she said.
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