Beating the daylight out of thieves and criminals is of course an old tradition that has been accepted, most especially in our third world society. In fact, most of us are of the opinion that any human that takes from another man’s sweat is a wicked breed that ought to be beaten to pulp when caught, before being handed over to the authorities or meeting his/ her Creator. It is no news that we have created a generation that breeds evil, where all sorts of atrocities are being committed and thus spontaneous reactions/ reflex show and fireworks of emotions justify jungle justice.

However, the essence of jungle justice, aside it being illegal, has been abused; thereby turning tables as society wears the face of a barbarian. Now a boy aged 7 or 12 or 17, or even 107; with a crime instigated by hunger stripped naked, beaten like a piñata and set ablaze is nothing but the result of a degenerate society. A society with no regard whatsoever for human life and embarrassingly no pity for a minor. Well we never knew how ugly we’ve transformed till the day garri had more value than the life of a child. Truth is, no word written or spoken can depict this kind of evil… atleast even sodomy existed as a word to describe the act, but this has no name.

We’ve outlived the evils our generation can create by permitting such horror. If only it did not happen in our time… but it did and the utter disgrace rubs on all of us.

And for the audience of the “crime scene”, the eye witness reporter who recorded the incident and the monsters wearing human flesh, the ruthless executionists and justice league; time will tell. Thinking that no soul deemed it fit to rescue the boy, indeed time will tell. Not even police arrest and torture nor death by firing squad or hanging can do justice to the crime committed to the soul of that young boy.

We have planted a seed and as repeated, time will feed us with the produce of our sweat. And whether it was a boy, an adult or reincarnated being, maybe a pause, a little empathy and rethink if that murder was worth it. Or maybe this sort of jungle justice will be appreciated in sambisa forest, since the thirst for blood in urban areas has levelled up to that of terrorists lurking in unknown areas. But of a sincere opinion, no human is that worthless to be written off like that by his own kind in his own habitat. Remember the penguin video, animals fight for the right cause but well, humans….

Unfortunately the horror has been captured and is virally poking our conscience or rather glorifying and applauding the ignominy of an entire nation. It is sad that we have come thus far… the devil probably raised a glass to us.