Following the mob killing of a boy, who allegedly stole in Lagos, actresses, Annie Idibia and Mercy Johnson have voiced out their stands on the seven-year-old boy who was lynched for stealing garri.
A video which went virile on social media showed some group of people beating, stoning and finally setting a boy between the age 7-16 ablaze.
Annie Idibia said, “Some say he’s 7, some 20… does it matter? ???? This image gave me sleepless night till really late! All I know is ,this is soooooo wrong on every single level! Jungle Justice should be STOPPED in this country!!! Please the government should not let this pass like the rest…If he is 7,then may the pple responsible for this never find peace in this life time,i am a mother,my heart is sadden!And even if he is 20 or 30.. this is still very wrong and embarrassing to our country that this still happens,In 2016??? I plead with the rulers of this nation ,plssssss do something about jungle justice… this has got to be STOPPED. #BLACKLIFEMATTERS
Am sooooo maddddddd I can’t even …. Oh my God!!!! I just watched the video on YouTube! !! Some humans aren’t really human.”
Am sooooo maddddddd I can’t even …. Oh my God!!!! I just watched the video on YouTube! !! Some humans aren’t really human.”
Mercy Johnson on her part also condemned the act saying, “live so that when ur children think of fairness,caring and integrity,they think of u cus children are the keys of paradise. how can anyone possibly do this to a child, wherever this happened? I conderm this cruelty as every child is my child. #everychildisurchild#”
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Police have refuted the news of the lynching of a seven-year-old boy for stealing garri in the Badagry area of Lagos state. Reports and
videos making the rounds on the social media indicate that the boy was set ablaze after being beaten up. The reports caused outrage on the social media with many Nigerians calling for an investigation into the incident and an end to jungle justice.
videos making the rounds on the social media indicate that the boy was set ablaze after being beaten up. The reports caused outrage on the social media with many Nigerians calling for an investigation into the incident and an end to jungle justice.
However, the Lagos state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni has confirmed, according to a reliable source that the said lynching of the seven-year-old boy over garri theft is untrue.
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