CULTURE OF IMPUNITY: A CLOG IN THE WHEEL OF RULE OF LAW IN NIGERIA

Abstract

There cannot be injustice without impunity and justice thrives where there is no impunity. There cannot be justice without the rule of law and injustice thrives where there is no rule of law. The culture of impunity breeds injustice because it poses a cog in the wheel of rule of law in Nigeria. In this article, the writer looks at the culture of impunity as a Cog in the wheel of rule of law in Nigeria viz – a - viz the causes, effects and consequences of the sit at home syndrome in the South East, Nigeria.