Jungle Justice and the Nigerian Law Enforcement Order: An Analysis of Fire and Smoke Relationship

Abstract

The article reviewed how the menace of jungle justice is an obliteration of criminal
justice administration in Nigeria. It looked at the prevailing reality of human rights in
Nigeria, the causes of jungle justice, its implications for criminal justice administration
and what government can do to mitigate them. Using secondary sources, the study
found that the principle of fair hearing is dwindling in the administration of criminal
justice. The behaviour of law theory was adopted for the study and utilized within the
context of Nigerian society. In mitigating this pseudo form of justice in Nigeria, the
government needs an overwhelming reform of the judicial process in line with the
global concern for human rights protection; ensure justice administration that is visible
and aimed at building public confidence in the criminal justice apparatus, the need for
a massive awareness campaign by statutory organs on the right to fair hearing as
contained in Nigerian Constitution as well as the need to rekindle the spirit of patriotic
consciousness and professionalism in public authorities so that each citizen will have
the obligation to obey the law as expected.