Photo: Man burnt to death for allegedly stealing a 3-month-old baby in Benue State

Jungle justice is becoming rampant in this country. Can the authorities do something about it?

A suspected kidnapper was burnt to death yesterday in Gboko, Benue State after he allegedly stole a three month old baby from a house at the Bristow Round-About. *graphic photo after the cut*

According to an eyewitness: "We just heard the baby’s mother screaming ‘thief, thief’ and we came out only to see the boy running with the baby,"

"Some boys in the area collected the baby and started beating him while the others were looking for tyre and calling more people to come out. He was begging and crying but the other boys did not listen," the eyewitness added.