Despite these excesses and numerous protest by Nigerians, the special squad mandated to respond to robbery incident has been allowed to carry out violations unchecked.
Rights group, Amnesty International, in a tweet accused the officers of getting rich through brutality.
#EndSARS
SARS officers @PoliceNG are getting rich through their brutality. In Nigeriað³ð¬, it seems that torture is a lucrative business. This is hardly surprising when many of these officers have bribed their way to SARS in the first place.
— Amnesty Int. Nigeria (@AmnestyNigeria) September 16, 2020
Lecturer, Dipo Awojide, wondered why the Nigerian Government was allowing “murderers” and “extortionists” waste young lives.
He said, “Criminals, extortionists and murderers handed guns by the state, wasting young lives, extorting citizens and openly stealing from people they should be protecting. Such absurdity. #EndSARS
Criminals, extortionists and murderers handed guns by the state, wasting young lives, extorting citizens and openly stealing from people they should be protecting. Such absurdity. #EndSARS
— Dr. DÃpò AwójÃdé (@OgbeniDipo) September 15, 2020
SARS cannot try half of the bullshit they try in Lagos, Osun or Enugu in Kano and Kaduna. This madness has gone on for too long. May the souls of the young men chased to death rest in peace. #EndSARS
— Dr. DÃpò AwójÃdé (@OgbeniDipo) September 15, 2020
Love Dapsi @ifedapsi said, “Special Armed robbery squad. Killers in unform. They come to steal, to kill and to destroy. Tell them to face bandits, Boko Haram, kidnappers, they won’t. They only see innocent, unarmed defenceless Nigerians and their blood pressure will rise. God will punish all you #EndSARS.”
Special Armed robbery squard. Killers in unform. They come to steal, to kill and to destroy.
Tell them to face bandits, Boko Haram, kidnappers, they won’t.
They only see innocent, unarmed defenseless Nigerians and there blood pressure will rise.
God will punish all you
#EndSARS
— Lovedapsi (@Ifedapsi) September 16, 2020
A few other Nigerians narrated their personal ordeal in the hand of SARS officers, who harassed them for no reason.
Omolola Omo Ologo @Uncle_Scholes said, “Dem hold me for trouser like say I be thief. It wasn’t funny because if you know Ojota bus stop then, you would know there is a market close by. They roughed me up in front of only God knows how many people. I told them to be gentle with me, say I be youth corp member.#EndSARS
“It was like I was talking to deaf people. They collected my bag and searched, when they saw the laptop, they were so sure they hit jackpot! They shouted at me, unlock this laptop you fraudster. At that point I knew I had won. I unlocked it, they started to search for what was not missing, they checked and checked and found nothing. All they saw was my sister and mum’s photos.”
Another Twitter user, @ProsperSouth said, “The kind harassment police in Delta State Asaba did to me today without seeing anything in my hand. Imagine a policeman saying he is going to tell them in station that am a cultist so they can damage my body that how can I dress well like this.”
Yugo @Smog20 narrated his recent experience, saying, “On my way home yesterday from the market were I went to buy stuffs to cook eguisi soup, they stopped the keke that was carrying me home at Geneva Junction, Awka, and started questioning me like I’m a common convicted criminal already…i feared for my life. #EndSARS.”
EndSARS advocate, Según Awosanya, warned that Nigerians would revolt in no time if the rights violations do not end.
He said, “Shutdown the terrorist squads preying on the innocent for ransom now. We may have to brace ourselves for a nationwide revolt against the police generally if the IGP fails to address this madness effective immediately. Shutdown all the tactical squads for overhaul. #EndSARS
Shutdown the terrorist squads preying on the innocent for ransom NOW. We may have to brace ourselves for a nationwide revolt against the Police generally if the IGP fails to address this madness effective immediately. Shutdown all the tactical squads for Overhaul. #EndSARS https://t.co/WRlpIgTGR5
— SEGA L’éveilleur®ð¨ (@segalink) September 16, 2020
“President @MBuhari is aware of the impunity of the @PoliceNG and the Presidency knows that the officers including the IGP are victims in the system being blamed for what they can’t fix. A single order from the President can shut down the cancer but do our lives matter? #EndSARS.”
President @MBuhari is aware of the impunity of the @PoliceNG and the Presidency knows that the officers including the IGP are victims in the system being blamed for what they canât fix. A single order from the President can shutdown the cancer but do our LIVES matter? #EndSARS pic.twitter.com/iaVO54agXu
— SEGA L’éveilleur®ð¨ (@segalink) September 16, 2020
