Abstract:
Considering the large number of mob killings, especially the case of two suspected thieves who
were burnt alive in the Enugu metropolis, a more exegetical approach to the issue of jungle justice
becomes imperative to assuage mob and hasty killing. The article employed a rhetorical approach
to studying Deuteronomy 19:15–21 to provide lucid exegetical findings on the issue of jungle
justice. The article discovered that the major cause of jungle justice is the failure of the masses to
engage more than one witness in order to ascertain the actual situation. Suspected cases are to be
taken to appropriate legal institutions and not handled on the street. Also, judges are supposed
to make diligent inquiries to ensure justice and attenuate jungle justice. This article did not
engage life experience as the former study has provided evidence of Jungle Justice in Nigeria.
INTERDISCIPLINARY AND/OR INTERDISCIPLINARY IMPLICATIONS : The strategic response to this
phenomenon discussed in the article are legal examples exemplified in Deuteronomy 19:15–21 and
Jungle Justice. Therefore, the article promotes interdisciplinary knowledge because it developed
a new theology between religion and civil rights. Also, it promotes education and enlightenment.
