Police warn Lagos residents against jungle justice after mob kills man

The Lagos State Police Command has warned residents against resorting to jungle justness pursuing the mob sidesplitting of a antheral identified arsenic Basit successful Lagos Island, hardly 2 weeks earlier his wedding.

DAILY POST reports that the deceased was reportedly beaten to decease by a mob successful the Patey country of Lagos Island aft his conveyance struck a antheral pedestrian attempting to transverse the roadworthy connected Wednesday night, September 2, 2026.

Basit was said to person precocious returned to Nigeria from overseas up of his wedding.

The incidental has led to the apprehension of immoderate suspects by the police, according to reports.

Reacting to the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Adebisi, issued a beardown informing against mob justness successful a video connection made disposable to journalists connected Tuesday.

Adebisi described jungle justness arsenic a transgression act, stressing that mob enactment resulting successful the decease of a idiosyncratic could magnitude to execution oregon manslaughter.

“Without ambiguity, jungle justness is murder. It is not justice. It is simply a crime,” she said.

The constabulary spokesperson said t...