Prominent attorney and human rights advocate Liborous Oshoma has claimed that the tardy response to violent incidents demonstrates that justice postponed is justice denied. He maintained that individuals take matters into their own hands when they are denied justice.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
He referenced unresolved killings, such as Deborah Samuel’s 2022 death, which has yet to see arrests, and the recent kidnappings and killings of Catholic priests in Edo, leading to protests by the bishop. Oshoma noted that while some Northerners now demand “fire for fire,” there was little outrage when Southerners were killed, like Deborah. He stated that selective justice leads to mob violence and called on the government to apply justice equally and swiftly, regardless of the region or individuals involved.
He said in an interview with News Central TV, “The other cases of killings and kidnappings that had happened that were unresolved—some persons talked about the case of Deborah in the north, and no arrest was made to date, and the matter just died. Some persons remember recently—2023, 2024 was a challenging time for the Catholic Church in Edo, to the extent that the bishop led a protest over kidnapping in that area. Rev. fathers were kidnapped and killed. And so, these are questions.
We say the windmill of justice grinds slowly but surely, but we forget that justice delayed is justice denied. So, when a people don’t have a sense of justice, they take the laws into their hands. But when there is justice—you also cannot talk about justice without talking about equality. You know, when it happens here, we romanticize it and then just window-dress it. But when it happens in this other place, you know, the swift response—there’s action, fire for fire, look for the killers.”.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
