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NIGERIAN JUNGLE JUSTICE

NIGERIAN JUNGLE JUSTICE
On a very hot afternoon, the sun was almost roasting my skin out of my body.
It was 2pm, I was going to my house from the market.
I waited patiently for bus to take me home,
While I was waiting, I saw a young man between the age of 30-35years, properly dressed in white shirt stocked into his black plain trouser with a brown belt and brown shoe to complete his systematic arrangement, and i guess he was also waiting for bus,
A lot of people were at that spot too.
Soon enough, a long motorbus arrived and people starting moving into the motorbus, but then I was walking gently to the bus, admiring the color combination of this young man’s dressing also considering how dusty, dirty and scattered the environment was,
With hoodlum (agboro) hanging here and there waiting for buses to come so they will load the bus and collect their normal 50naira.
Then all of a sudden, a lady shouted, "olé olé, (thief thief) catch him, he steal my money, see him, he's a thief, you steal my money and you wanna enter bus and runway,"
Almost immediately, heavy slap from no where landed on his face.
What did I do? he asked politely, you are a thief the lady replied, Then those hoodlums picked wands of different sizes and started hitting him not minding his appearance,
Tears was almost rolling down my eyes considering how dirty those guys hitting him where and how clean and orderly he was dressed,
Bernard could not possibly be a thief judging him by appearance and look,
"So you are the one that has been stealing people's properties, today you'll lick your asshole", someone shouted,
"Ninety nine days is for the thief but one day is for the owner," another man shouted approaching him with Barton.
His white shirt was gradually turning red with stains of blood from his flesh and before he could understand what was happening, he was already lying helplessly on that dirty ground, and gradually his shirts was flying out from his trouser and cutting down patch by patch,
"He stole my money, olé olé, thief, give me my money o!", she was still lamenting,
"How much did he steal from you madam?"  One of the hoodlum asked, "my five thousand Naira", this man is a thief, the woman claimed,
Then they searched him and found five thousand Naira and smaller notes, 100naira, 200naira and 50naira,
"You see am? this man na barrawo", the woman shouted in pigeon,
"I can explain, please wait let me explain", Bernard pleaded exhaustingly, but the beating only increased because five thousand naira was found in his wallet,
they were hitting him so hard that his flesh came out with the sticks as he was gradually going naked,
Arrrrh, arrrrh, let me explain,
I did not steal her money, Bernard continue to lament as gradually his voice reduced. Arrrrh, arrrh, arrrrh he could nearly say a word when they hit him stone and sticks,
"Chaii chaii, see fine boy, see how he's dressed like Banker and he's a thief, that's what fits him", said one woman as she watched from a distance,
I get fuel, me I get tyre, if you leave him, he go steal again,
Bernard was almost lying naked because they've torn his clothes from his body and then he was exhausted,
I couldn’t help but watch from one end of the road with heavy tears rolling down my eyes,
If you try to save him, then you're his fellow thief,
Then I saw dirty people that could not afford 3²  meal a day contributing 300niara per litre of fuel and tyre,
The tyre was placed on his head and body, then they poured the fuel on him and then one matchstick was enough to end his life in pain,
Arrrrrrrrrrh, Bernard shouted in great pain as he struggled to get up but was exhausted,
Those hoodlums turned away one after another as the heat from the fire on Bernard’s body was getting high,
Bernard was gradually turning into black smoke and people that watched from distance all went sorrowfully away, Bernard died slowly but painfully,
As the woman watched how Bernard was dying, she heared someone calling "mummy mummy" she turned and then saw her son Junior running towards her and on reaching her he said loudly dragging the crowds attention, "Mummy, Daddy sent me to give you this 5000 Naira, he said that he took it from your bag",
eyes widened, jaws dropped and someone let out a cry "he didn't steal the money oo!"
but Bernard was just an ash by then,
It was 9:00pm that day and Bernard haven't returned home,
Bernard’s wife( newly married with her 3months old baby boy) called her elder sister, "Hello Ada, did Bernard come to shop today? Yes, and I gave him five thousand Naira to give to you, isn't he back? Oh my God, he’s not back! Where has he gone to? My husband is not like that, he has never stayed out this late before" Bernard’s wife replied with her baby in her hand, "don't worry!, he'll be back  maybe he went to see a friend", her elder sister replied.
This is my story
It happens everyday in our country Nigeria.
JUNGLE JUSTICE IS EVIL,
LET’S STOP JUNGLE JUSTICE TODAY AND SAVE LIFE,
BOTH THE INNOCENT AND THE GUILTY.
I SAY NO TO JUNGLE JUSTICE.

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