But before the Security agents put in various measures there was a saddening case of four students Massacre in aluu community in Port Harcourt
THE STORY ACCORDING TO WIKIPEDIA
The Aluu Four lynching was a NECKLACE lynching that involved four young men,
Ugonna Obuzor, Toku Lloyd, Chiadika Biringa,
and Tekena Elkanah, all students of the
University of Port Harcourt . They were all
lynched after they were falsely accused of
theft in Aluu, a community in Ikwerre local
government area, Rivers State, Nigeria on 5 October 2012. Incident
Chiadika Biringa, Lloyd Toku Mike, Tekena
Erikena and Ugonna Obuzor were all friends,
first sons of their parents, and students of
University of Port Harcourt . The four students
were also occasional roommates. Ugonna
sometimes spent the night with Tekena who
lived outside the campus. He moved in
because his residence on campus was broken
into multiple times. Ugonna had a debtor
called Bright who was owing him some
undisclosed amount of money which bothered
him much. In time, he managed to find out his
particular location. He sought the help of his
cousin Lloyd,childhood and longtime friend
Tekena and roommate Chiadika.Together, four
of them ventured into a journey of no
return.The four students finally arrived in the
house of the debtor and in the cause of
settling the debt, a misunderstanding ensued
which turned sour and eventually turned into
a fight.
The debtor started screaming, claiming that
the men were there to steal laptops and
mobile phones. The vigilante group was
alerted with the impression that the students
were the criminals disturbing the community.
The four men were chased through the
streets by the stick and stone-wielding
vigilantes, stripped naked, beaten and tortured
until they were almost unconscious.
Afterwards, in the presence of a crowd, they
were dragged through mud, had concrete
slabs dropped on their heads and car tyres
filled with petrol wrapped around their necks
in order to burn them.
A sister of Tekena was nearby and discovered
that her brother was about to be killed via
" jungle justice ." She tried to intervene and
rescue him with his friends by screaming at
the top of her voice at the mob and
reiterating their innocence but she was
overpowered by the size of the mob. People
from the mob told her to flee. In a last
attempt to save her brother's life, she decided
to contact other family members and the
police, but the men had been killed by the
time the required assistance was sought. The
murders were filmed with a mobile phone and
uploaded on the internet . [1][5][6]
Reactions
The video went viral , with most viewers
condemning the crime. Condolences were
sent to the families of the victims. The
Senate condemned the jungle justice that
members of the community carried out where
the four students were hurriedly murdered
without trial in the presence of a crowd.
Students of the University protested the
murders and went on rampage by rioting and
destroying properties in the community where
the students had been lynched.
Aftermath
The lynching was widely viewed in Nigeria and
the rest of the world. The crime further
exposed the " jungle justice " or "mob justice"'
which was still prevalent in Nigeria, as well as
exposed some loopholes in Nigeria's law
enforcement system. Several people were
arrested in connection with the crime.
Source: Wikipedia
Is Jungle Justice still prevalent In the part of Nigeria you live in?