Impunity, lawlessness responsible for rise in cultism

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As cult-related killings and violence continue to rise, stakeholders in the criminal justice administration sector have identified the reasons for the development and suggested solutions to the menace.

They spoke to newsmen in separate interviews conducted in the South-West states.

An Ibadan-based Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Richard Ogunwole, said the rising wave of cultism could be attributed to the fact that Nigerians flouted the rule of law with impunity.

According to him, law and order have broken down and people no longer respect the law because of the malaise of “godfatherism.’’

He decried the situation where those caught in acts of cultism often escaped justice, warning that the menace would persist until offenders were made to face the full wrath of the law.

According to the SAN, the court is helpless as it can only work with the evidence brought…



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