Ondo State government has cautioned members of the public to desist from taking laws into their hands by applying jungle justice on people suspected of committing crimes or carrying out vengeance against fellow beings.
It gave the warning, yesterday, following the killing of a 35-year-old suspected Internet fraudster in Akure, Ondo State capital, on Monday.
The Acting Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, in a statement signed by the state’s Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mrs. Bamidele Ademola-Olateju, said the state government would not fold its arms and watch some miscreants undermine law and order in the state.
Ayedatiwa, however, urged the people of the state to have trust in the rule of law, “as government will not condone any form of mob action and hooliganism in the administration of justice in Ondo State.
Meanwhile, the police have arrested two suspects over their alleged involvement in the lynching of the 35-year-old man, Tope Olorunfemi, who crushed some two people to death in Akure on Monday.
