#EndSARS: Protesters besiege Kwara Govt House

Date: 2020-10-12

Campaigners against the excesses of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), the police squad known for its human rights abuses and extra-judicial killings, surrounded the Kwara State government house on Monday morning.

Protests began across the country last week as politicians, singers, activists and other Nigerians called for the total disbandment of the notorious police unit.

The protest also trended on social media, drawing support from prominent individuals and groups across the globe.

Although the Inspector General of Police had announced the dissolution of the unit on Sunday, the protesters called for the immediate implementation of the disbandment and reformation of the police force.

Similar protests took place in Oyo, Lagos, Osun and other states, disrupting vehicular movements in those places on Monday.

The protesters in Kwara State surrounded the Kwara State Government House, after which they proceeded to the governor's lodge and other parts of the state.

Receiving the protesters on behalf of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, his deputy, Kayode Alabi, assured that their complaints have been heard.

Mr Alabi said: "The disbandment of SARS as a unit goes beyond any state government" and added that the governor "will be meeting with representatives of the protesters at the presidential lodge tomorrow, 13th of October at 2 p.m. in order to chart a way forward."

A representative of the protesters, Olushola Olayemi, said the youth are requesting for an abrupt end to SARS.

He appealed to the state government to lend their voice to the dissolution of the police unit.

Speaking to PREMIUM TIMES on Monday, the executive director, Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative, Abideen Olasupo, appreciated the protesters and called for an overhauling of the law enforcement agency.

"The pronouncement from the IG cannot end SARS in Nigeria. Beyond the #EndSars, we are advocating a total overhaul of the Nigeria Police Force," he said.

He urged the federal government to declare an emergency in the police sector.

"Good salaries should be paid to the officers. Proper training should be conducted. Psychology test during recruitment process."

Mr Olasupo also demanded the immediate release of protesters arrested and the prosecution of officers culpable of killing protesters.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported the death of not less than two persons killed during the #EndSARS protest in Oyo and Lagos states.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Yekini Adio     Adijat Adebiyi     Rebecca Bake     Elewu     Yusuf Mubarak     Emmanuel Bello     Playing Host     Kwara State Pension Board     Sulyman Buhari     Ayo Salami     Radio SBS     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Public Holiday     Oluwole Dupe     Taiwo Joseph     Ibrahim Jawondo     Wahab Femi Agbaje     2017 Budget     Awoye     Bio Ibrahim     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Aliyu Muyideen     Mutawalle     CT Ayeni     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Communication Network Support Services     FERMA     Balogun Ajikobi     Sherif Shagaya     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Awwal Jawondo     Niyi Osundare     Omu-aran     Yusuf Abubakar     AIT Ilorin     Rafiu Ajakaye     Balogun Gambari     Jide Oyinloye     Omotoso Musa     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Yetunde Balogun     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Arik     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Twitter     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Abdulwaheed Musa     Lawal Olohungbebe     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Ekiti     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Trade Lenda SME Fair     George Funsho Adebayo     Bibire Ajape     Abubakar Aliagan     Alliance For Democracy     Rachael Obisesan     Bashir Adigun     Sherif Sagaya     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Bureau Of Lands     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Iyiola Oyedepo     Oloriegbe     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Gwanara     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Olupako Of Share     Yahaya Seriki     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     National Party Of Nigeria     Abdulhakeem Amao    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Magaji Nda     Ramadan     Wahab Isa     Bature Bello     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Zara Umar     Undergraduate Bursary     Sanusi Abubakar     Suleman Abubakar     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Makama Of Kaiama     Charcoal     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Rebecca Bake     Hijab     Curfew     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Royal FM     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Ajuloopin     Overland     Wole Oke     Plat Technologies Limited     Mamatu Abdullahi     Wahab Abayawo     Kwara 2015     Balikis Jawondo     Kwara State Government     Elerinjare     High Court     Raji AbdulRasaq     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Sulyman Abdulkareem     IDPU     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Sa\'adu Salau     Dele Belgore     Fulani     Olosi Of Osi     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Idi-Ape     KWACOBPA     Agboola Abdulraheem     Elewu     Eghe Igbinehi     Kayode Zubair     SSA Youth     Idiagbon     JAMB     KWASEIC     NIPOGA     KSIRS     Lola Ashiru     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Kaosarah Adeyi     Ethical College     Gbenga Awoyale     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Marufat Oladosu     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Yusuf Aiyedun     Bilikisu Gambari     Ishaq Salman     Arca Santa     Sebastine Obasi     Saliu Ajia     AbdulQowiy Olododo     CCEPE     Omotoso Musa     Oyawoye     Yusuf Ali     Onilorin Of Ilorin     HICA     Kwara Pdp     Special Agro-Industrial Hub