AN EXAMINATION OF SECTION 33 OF THE 1999 CONSTITUTION OF NIGERIA IN RELATION TO JUNGLE JUSTICE CALL FOR LEGISLATIVE INTERVENTION

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This research examines the menace of Jungle Justice in Nigeria alongside with its probable causes and effects. It discusses the concept of Jungle Justice in terms of its manifesting nature. The research also examines the legal and institutional framework towards the eradication of Jungle Justice in Nigeria. The research adopts the doctrinal research method. It highlights the relevant laws for the eradication of the menace such as the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and the Criminal Code Act 2004 amongst others. Similarly, this research also highlights the institutional framework for the eradication of the menace such as the executive, legislature and the judiciary. The research interrogates the effectiveness of these legal and institutional frameworks in curbing the menace of Jungle Justice in Nigeria and finds that despite the existing legal and institutional framework, Jungle Justice has continued to be uprising and still very much prevalent in Nigeria in its various forms. It is for this reason that this research recommends the enactment of the proposed Anti-Jungle Justice bill 2015 considered within the research, as an Act of the National assembly to specifically address the incidence of the menace in Nigeria as well as the reform and improvement of the enforcement regimes for its eradication in Nigeria. The research concludes that Jungle Justice should not be allowed to thrive in the society as the resultant effect is a state of lawlessness and as such the perpetrators of such act should be properly prosecuted.

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