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SARS

October 9, 2020

#EndSARS trends worldwide as non-stop protests continue Friday night

Ongoing campaign to end Nigeria’s brutal police squad was steady at number one on Twitter Friday.

#EndSARs Protesters
October 9, 2020

We’re not scrapping SARS: Buhari

The Nigerian leader remains defiant in against worldwide demand to scrap the brutal police squad.

L-R: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, President Muhammadu Buhari and the IGP Mohammed Adamu. [CREDIT: Twitter handle of the president]
October 9, 2020

Sunday Dare disowns #EndSARS campaigners, wants brutal squad reformed

The Nigerian youth minister advances the police’s narrative to keep the brutal anti-robbery squad in place.

Sunny Dare alongside the Inspector General of Police. [CREDIT: Official Twitter handle of Sunny Dare]
October 9, 2020

#EndSARS: ‘Stop killing our children’, Nigerian mothers join nationwide protests

Nigerian mothers risk their health and comfort to demonstrate around Lagos on Friday, demanding an end to the controversial police unit.

Screenshot from protest video
October 9, 2020

#EndSARS: Lady shot in mouth by police corporal fights for life at Lagos hospital

Lagosians who took to the street to demand dissolution of the brutal SARS unit were met with police intimidation and deadly force.

Joy Ndubueze
October 8, 2020

#EndSARS: Protesters retaliate, break police officer’s skull in Delta

The police corporal was lynched after officers opened fire into a procession in Ughelli, severely wounding a teenager.

Nigerian police officers used to illustrate the story
October 6, 2020

#EndSARS: IG Adamu’s directive ‘lame, empty’: Amnesty International

The global rights body recounts multiple allegations of corruption and atrocities linked to the embattled police unit.

Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu
October 6, 2020

Only armed robbers want to #EndSARS, police tell Naira Marley

The Force Headquarters insists the notorious squad is going nowhere, but said efforts are underway to properly orientate  SARS operatives.

Mohammed Adamu
October 5, 2020

SARS operatives ignore IGP Adamu, mount roadblocks across Nigeria

It was business as usual on Monday morning as personnel of the notorious police unit continued from where they left off.

Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu
October 5, 2020

Akin Alabi files House motion to dissolve SARS

The Nigerian lawmaker urges colleagues to immediately seek outright proscription of the brutal police squad.

Akin Alabi