The secret police says a well-dressed man in a black SUV is not sufficient to conclude his role as a state agent.
The Nigerian rights office says it has summarily investigated abuses across 13 states and found widespread police brutality.
The #EndSARS unrest has destabilised parts of the country where people have been protesting.
The former vice-president says will violence against anti-police brutality campaigners will only aggravate the lingering stalemate.
#EndSARS campaigners want justice and compensation for victims of police brutality.
Businesses on Monday were paralysed in Lagos, the commercial capital, after protests against police brutality entered week three.
Seeking to disrupt #EndSARS, armed thugs have been wreaking havoc against people and property across the country.
Armed thugs are on the rampage across the country, killing and maiming citizens in a deadly plot to neutralise #EndSARS.
The Lagos governor follows his Edo counterpart to ban movement across the commercial capital starting Tuesday.
Two trucks operated by the country’s largest conglomerate were set alight after the carnage in Ado-Ekiti.
