Nigerian woman's timely intervention saves thieves from being killed by mob

A Nigerian woman has recounted how she saved a group of alleged thieves from getting killed by a bloodthirsty mob.
Ekemini Abia said the incident took place this morning in her neighborhood. The men had been made to remove their shirts and lie flat on their stomach while the objects they allegedly stole were placed on their back.
The crowd was ready to carry out jungle justice, but for Ekemini's timely intervention. SARS operatives later arrived at the scene and took the suspects away.
She wrote:

So I managed to prevent jungle justice in my neighbourhood this morning.
It took a lot to prevent the lynching of fellow human beings(who are thieves by the way).
At a point, they started saying I am a relative of the thieves for not wanting them to carry out jungle justice.
I was able to prevent the lynching before the SARS came to pick them up.
Let's grow beyond the need to take law into our hands no matter the situation!

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