A coalition of civil society groups has commenced nationwide protests to drive home their demand for the dismantling of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigerian police over endless human rights violations and extrajudicial killings.
The nationwide protest begins today in Abuja ???at the Unity Fountain; Lagos – ???Gani-Fawehinmi Park, Ojota; Warri – ???Enerhen Junction; Jos??? – Polo Terminus and Port Harcourt?? – Garrison Junction. The peaceful protests will simultaneously take place in Kaduna?? – Murtala Square; Ibadan?? – Mokola Junction and Awka??? – Wetheral/Okigwe Road Roundabout, the protest organizers said in a statement released in Abuja.
The organisers of the protests include Convener #EndSARS, Segun Awonsonya; Adebayo Raphael, National Secretary of the OurMumuDonDo Movement; Convener, Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju; Coordinator, Coalition in Defence of Nigerian Democracy, Ariyo Dare-Atoye; Abdul Mahmud of Public Interest Lawyers League (PILL); and Bako Usman of the Campaign for Democracy.
The group said they were appalled by the brutality and extrajudicial executions perpetrated by the SARS operatives, noting that the government must put an end to the lawlessness by the squad in the country.
It contended that the allegations against the squad, some of which were corroborated with pictures and videos, showed that the unit had outlived its usefulness and had become a menace to the Nigerian society.
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