Two women escape jungle justice in Akwa Ibom

In March 2024, two women who had been detained by a local “jungle court” in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, were freed after a state government intervention. The informal tribunal, run by community elders, had sentenced them to flogging for alleged moral offences. Human‑rights groups and the state governor ordered their release, condemning the extrajudicial punishment as illegal. Views Nigeria