Some Nigerians have called for the scrapping of Special Anti robbery squad, famously known as SARS.
This followed series of complaints shared online by Nigerian youths on alleged harassment, assault by the SARS operatives.
Using the hashtag #EndSARS, some Nigerians have been calling on the federal government to scrap the police unit.
A petition on scrapping SARS has already been addressed to the national assembly.
Published by ‘Segun Awosanya, the petition has been signed by 10,195 people at the time of this report.
@UncleAjala “SARS: Special anti robbery squad are now doing the robbery in Nigeria. SARS that were created to stop robbery are now robbing people,”
@Maddie “SARS is a nuisance to the society, daylight robbers in officail uniforms harassing struggling youths..This nonsense has to stop #EndSARS
@Kingtyra “If by Monday nothing has been said or done, 10,000 women
are going to march bare chested all the way to the biggest SARS station in Lagos to tell them to stop harassing and killing men
@Ycee “Not one good person has come out to speak good of SARS yet some people are talking about reform #EndSARS
@simi “People are not supposed to be afraid of the people that are supposed to be looking after us. A couple weeks ago at almost midnight my friends and i had a gun pointed at us for laughing. #EndSARS
@segalink “The fact that SARS use POS to rob shows how constitutionalized this nationwide tracket is and how highly rooted it is they can not pretend now.#EndSARS
@deji “the SARS officers here in Abuja are actually criminals legally carrying guns #End SARS
@aninomso “I was buying fuel this morning and SARS drove in staring at me had to quickly drive away before i either end up in cell or end up dead for looking fresh and driving a car. Youths are living inconstant fear #EndSARS
@eoyumie Scary looking rogesalways looking for young boy to harass
@olofofo “I’ve also been harassed by a head of SARS ain Ibadan he certainly used his powers on me i’ve experienced both the good and ugly.#EndSARs
@demilade “According to SARS Iphone-Gun, Latop – Bomb #EndSARS
#EndSARS: Nigerians call for scrapping of SARS
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December 04, 2017
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