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#End SARS – A New Nigeria?

I wrote about the widespread protests against police brutality in Nigeria last week. Across the country, in several cities, youths came out to call for an end to police brutality and the ending of SARS, the Special Anti Robbery Squad, with a penchant for reckless harassment, killing and oppression of young people in the country….

Ending Police Brutality
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Ending Police Brutality

For a few days now, Nigerian youth have taken to the streets protesting the brutality of a special police squad, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and calling for its dissolution. In a dramatic move, the Inspector General of Police announced the dissolution of the squad as demanded, and we expected that things would go back…