EndSARS
End Special Anti-Robbery Squad (EndSARS) 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. ENDSARS 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. SARS officers profile youths largely based on appearance; mount illegal roadblocks, stop and search, arrest without warrant, rape women, extort young Nigerians for driving exotic vehicles and using iPhones. ENDSARS, #ENDSARS, ENDSWAT, #ENDSWAT, EndPoliceBrutalityOfNigerians, #EndPoliceBrutalityOfNigerians, EndPoliceBrutality NIGERIAN TRIBUNE
I feel unsecured in my fatherland, 20-year-old footballer tells NHRC SARS panel
A 20-year-old footballer on Monday told the independent investigating panel of violations of rights by the defunct SARS and other...
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Ekiti pays N7.4m compensation to victims of SARS brutality
The Ekiti State government has presented a cheque worth N7.4 million to petitioners who were recommended for compensation by the...
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Oyo judicial panel takes petitioner to hospital for immediate treatment
The Oyo State Judicial Panel of inquiry set up to look into cases of police brutalities by the disbanded Special...
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Corps member’s death: Petitioner’s allegations against Garki Hospital untrue ― CMD
The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Garki Hospital, Abuja, Dr Adamu Onu, on Monday, told the independent investigative panel...
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We found no evidence of Boko Haram sponsorship against petitioner, police officer tells NHRC panel
A police officer on Monday told the independent investigative panel on violations of human rights by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery...
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#EndSARS: Ekiti to begin compensation of victims in 14 days
The Government of Ekiti State will, in the next 14 days, commence payment of compensation to 24 victims of the...
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Lekki tollgate: Peaceful protest is a human right, says Rihanna
American pop singer, Rihanna, has reacted to the Saturday, February 13 protest at the Lekki tollgate, saying that peaceful protest...
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NBA condemns arrest of Lekki tollgate protesters by Police
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the arrest of protesters by the Police at the Lekki Tollgate, Lagos on...
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NHRC panel summons police officers attached to FCT Anti-One Chance Unit
The independent panel investigating human rights violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other police units today directed...
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NHRC panel summons Cross River CP, Governor Ayade’s security adviser
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)'s independent investigative panel on human rights violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)...
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