Extrajudicial Killings: Global Rights Condemns Killing of Hunters In Edo State
Emmanuel Onuh
Global Rights has condemned in the heinous killing and lynching of sixteen hunters in Uromi, Edo State, on the 27th of March 2025.
In a statement by its Executive Director Abiodun Baiyewu in Abuja, the group stated that the hunters who where returning back to their home town in Kano and were tragically allegedly mistaken for kidnappers by local vigilantes, who, instead of adhering to the rule of law, took justice into their own hands and unlawfully ended their lives.
The statement further stated that the gruesome act is yet another example of the increasing disregard for the sanctity of human life in Nigeria against which the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) is unequivocal about when it stated clearly its protection of the right to life.
And stating in Section 33(1) that “every person has a right to life, and no one shall be deprived intentionally of his life, save in execution of a court sentence.”.
The statement also says the extrajudicial killing of these hunters is a blatant violation of this fundamental right and an affront to the rule of law citing Section 43 of the Constitution which guarantees the right of every Nigerian to own property and reside in any part of the country.
May the souls of the departed rest in peace, and may their loved ones find strength in this time of sorrow.
While praying for the souls of the departed to rest in peace and their loved ones find the strength in their s time of sorrow, Global Rights is calling on the Nigerian government and the law enforcement agencies to immediately launch a full-scale investigation into what it described as a barbaric act and bring all persons responsible, identified and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
