'' LEGON STUDENTS"AND INSTANT JUSTICE.

There is a video which has gone viral showing the faces of three girls believed to be students of University of Ghana being made to crawl in a very inhuman and disgraceful manner as punishment for allegedly stealing panties from the Accra Mall.

This happened as people including men in private security uniforms looked on happily and hooting at the girls in condemnation.
What is not certain is who orchestrated that action and at whose command.

Although some right thinking members of society have spoken against the act, calling for justice to prevail , it baffling to think this can happen in an open a place like the Accra Mall which is considered as the shopping center for the "elite".

How can any civilized society behave in this manner and what happened to the basic principle of the rule of law that says "innocent until proven guilty by a competent court"

If care is not taken, people will end up punishing suspected criminals with sharia law or even burning them alive. This is not the first time an incident of this this nature has popped up on in the media involving students.
In 2011, a petty trader on Legon campus suffered similar fate. The victim who was known as Amina was sexually molested by some students of University of Ghana, Legon.

The wholes incidents was caught on camera by some of the students and later uploaded onto Youtube.
The video capyured how she was surrounded by these students and being subjected to their punishment for allegedly stealing a laptop and unspecified amount of other items.

The video didn't show the faces of her perpetrators but rather exposed her nakedness and how her thighs were being ripped apart as these students took turns in fingering her and touching her in a very humiliating way. After taking thier pound of flesh in that mob instant justice, she was later handed over to the Legon Police station.

The commander in charge in an interview with the press at the time confirmed Amina was brought in half naked.
These incident received public condemnation, at least everyone expected the students to have known better that Ghana is govern by the rule of law.

The attention of the university was brought to the matter which led to a court action for violating and abusing the rights of Amina. After investigations, 13 of the students were arrested and arraigned before court with the of restoring justice as well as serving as a deterrent to others.
Well I hope we are yet to see if indeed people really understand what the rule of law means and the statutes of democracy.