Ogun state police command has warned the general public against the practice of jungle justice.
This is coming after two suspected ritualist were unlawfully killed and set ablaze in Oja odan area of the state on Saturday, February 12, 2022.
Command spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi disclosed that in the early hours of the said date, two suspected ritualists were arrested and brought to Oja odan divisional headquarters by some vigilant and law abiding members of the public, with allegation that a fresh human head concealed in a sack was seen with them.
While the suspects were been interrogated in the station, some unscrupulous elements went and mobilized large number of people who invaded the station aggressively, overwhelmed the police personnel on duty and subsequently hijacked the suspects, beaten them to death and set their corpses ablaze.
Reacting to the incident, the command warned those who are always in the habit of taking laws into their hands to desist from such uncivilized behavior as the command will henceforth be dealing with whoever carried out such action in the most decisive manner.
"A suspect remains a suspect until he/she is convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction no matter how grevious the crime he suspected to have committed might be. It is only the court that has the power to impose punishment on anyone found guilty of a crime, not an individual or group of people," Oyeyemi said.
State commissioner of police, CP Lanre Bankole has ordered a full scale investigation into the incident with the view to bring to justice those who participated in carrying out the barbaric and unlawful killing of the suspects.
The CP therefore appealed to members of the public to have confidence in the nation criminal justice system and desist from self help as such is alien to the law of the land.
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