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Jungle Justice: Disregard for rule of law, human rights on the rise

By TVC News Nigeria
14 March 2020   |   4:39 pm
There are different reasons people take laws into their hands, one of which is a perceived failure of the criminal justice system to make offenders account for their crimes.

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