The victim screamed in pain and even tried to escape but fell to the floor

Held him face down to a wooden bench and beat him with wooden sticks

An adulterer caught having sex with another man's wife was publicly flogged after an angry mob marched him through their village.

Horrific footage of the flogging in Nigeria shows the victim lying face-down on a wooden bench and being hit with sticks by another man.

After four hits he got up in protest but a second man grabbed his legs and held him on the bench.

Horrific footage of the flogging in Nigeria shows the victim lying face-down on a wooden bench and being hit with sticks by another man

The whipper then continued to strike down on his back until the pain became too great and he made another attempt to escape.

Shouts of distressed women and children can be heard on the video as they watched on while the men grabbed the restless victim who fell to the floor.

He shouted in protest as the men lifted him to his feet and placed him back in position on the wood.

The flogging then continued until the victim grabbed his buttocks in agony and screamed in distress.

After four hits he got up in protest but a second man grabbed his legs and held him on the bench

The whipper then continued to strike down on his back until the pain became too great and he made another attempt to escape but fell to the floor

Then man was then forced to kneel on the floor while the sticks struck his back and legs.

He fell to the ground and the second man lifted up his legs so the first could strike his buttocks as he yelled in agony.

The punishment is reportedly supposed to serve as a deterrent to other potential adulterers and the video has been widely shared on social media.