... not.
It's all over the airwaves, the newspaper(s), it's rapid spread over Youtube and Facebook were quickly halted... but the story cannot be stopped if people are ready to voice out about it.
For those who may not be aware of the latest from our tertiary system's news front, a quick recap:
Early Thursday morning, a young woman dubbed/named Amina Eunice, was caught stealing from one of the halls of one of our most prestigious universities. After handing her to the university authorities, some members of the hall felt she had not been "punished enough"... and took the law into their own hands. Taking her back from the security guard, they proceeded to beat her up, shred her clothing and sexually abuse her in a group. After much pleading and tears fell on deaf ears and stony hearts, these "intellectuals" finally left her to the authorities once more to handle formalities.
Mob justice is altogether sadly not an unusual occurrence in our society today. From beating would-be thieves to bloody pulps or worse with two-by-fours to lighting "witches" on fire (A couple of centuries slow, folks), many of our countrymen have taken it upon themselves to act above the laws which have been drawn to govern a country as a law unto themselves (if I got that wrong, someone correct me please.) As the nastiness of the punishment meted out increases, one can only wonder if these lynch mobs are trying to outperform each other (sick as that may sound) and how far they will (be allowed to) go before they reach the threshold of self-realisation that "this has gone too far."
While I truly wish the perpetrators of this horrendous act are brought to swift and well-deserved justice, we must wonder how often this has happened and how often those responsible are allowed to get away with it. Such mob action, whether in the name of "upholding the law" or breaking it, has been running rampant for ages. And when I think that it's the "intellectuals" of our societies, those to whom most will entrust our nation's future who play a major part in some of the worse and most publicized instances, the question that pushes to the forefront of my mind is "Just how safe is our future?"
Answer: not very much.
But let's be frank: would any crime warrant mob action as a result? And what can be done to get this mentality that anyone can be the law out of our heads? We're not really setting the "land of peace and development" aura we want the world to perceive, wouldn't you say?
