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Moment Lagos Gov Joined The #EndSARS Protesters In Protesting (PHOTOS)
The ongoing #EndSARS protest which is currently across Nigeria is receiving massive buzz from around the world. The protesters who made up of youth and are demanding the reformation of the police across the country and also an overhaul of the SARS unit met with the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
The youths had to make sure the governor joined them in the protest before they can allow him to talk. According to the governor, he said I joined the #ENDSARS protesters in Alausa and received a letter of their demands and once again I reiterated my support.
I am now on my way to Abuja to meet with H.E President Muhammed Buhari and the goal of the conversation is clear. Tangible next steps to #EndPoliceBrutality
The protest is currently across the country while that of Lagos is spread within Alausa, Lekki, Surulere, among others.
About The #EndSARS
End Special Anti-Robbery Squad (End SARS) or #EndSARS is a social movement in Nigeria that started on Twitter calling for banning of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a unit of the Nigerian Police Force. It is a call to end police oppression and brutality in Nigeria. The protests started as a social media campaign using the hashtag #ENDSARS to demand Nigeria’s government to scrap and end the deployment of Nigeria Police Force Special Anti-Robbery Squad, popularly known as SARS. Within a weekend (9-11 October 2020), the #ENDSARS hashtag had up to 28 million tweets.
Nigerians have shared both stories and video evidence of how members of SARS engaged in kidnapping, murder, theft, rape, torture, unlawful arrests, high-handedness, humiliation, unlawful detention, extrajudicial killings, and extortion.
