Nigeria, March 30 -- The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and some prominent Nigerians, including former presidential candidates - Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi - have condemned the lynching of 16 hunters in Uromi, Edo State, after they were allegedly mistaken for kidnappers by local vigilantes.

NBA president Afam Osigwe stated in a statement on Saturday that "the gruesome murder of the hunters shows the alarming rise of vigilante justice across Nigeria."

He added, "It is deeply troubling that mobs continue to take the law into their hands, attacking and lynching suspected criminals, often without the intervention of law enforcement agencies.

"No individual, regardless of the crime they are alleged to have committed, should be subjected t...