The virtual campaign against alleged ill practices of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) gathered more momentum on Wednesday as protesters took to Lagos streets against the unit.
The virtual campaign against alleged ill practices of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad gathered more momentum on Wednesday as protesters took to Lagos streets against the unit.
They demanded that names of all officers who have been found culpable to be made public and subjected to transparent prosecution. According to them, the police hierarchy must ensure all unjust harassment and extortion of youth by cops are brought to an end.Also, the protesters said policemen on duty must have their name tags depicting their units as well, appealing to the police to outlaw the norm of gun-totting policemen dressed in civilian wears in unmarked vehicles while on duty.
“My younger brother of 16 years in SS2 was given foodstuff to bring for me by my mother only for SARS to accost him that he’s a Yahoo boy. He was holding my mum’s small nokia torch phone, nothing was found on him except the foodstuffs and he was detained,” he lamented.
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