Nigerian youth calling for an end to police brutality and extrajudicial killings took to the streets of Abuja, painting #ENDSARS on the floor of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport entrance.
The protesters also stormed the headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force to draw similar graffiti while chanting solidarity songs.
Speaking in Abuja on Monday, one of the protest coordinators, Raphael Adebayo, said: “Yes, we were at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport yesterday (Sunday) to remind Nigeria and the world that we are not tired yet. We also visited the IGP’s office at Force Headquarters, because we want to see genuine police reform.”
Asked why they continued the #EndSARS protest even when President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to the youths to come forward for negotiation with the Federal Government, he said: “You don’t demand justice on a negotiation table. You don’t send those guilty of murder to jail on a negotiation table. You don’t end impunity on a negotiation table.
“The change we want will not be forged on a negotiation table, it will be forged on the streets. #EndSARS is here to stay until the Federal Government listens. No going back.”
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