More #EndSARS Protests Rock Lagos, Osogbo, Ilorin, Abuja
Despite disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, #EndSARS protesters in different parts of the country poured into the streets yesterday, demanding extensive reforms of the Police force. One person was shot dead in Lagos. One policeman of the Anti-Kidnapping unit was also killed, while two others are in critical condition in an undisclosed hospital. Besides Lagos, which experienced a virtual shutdown that resulted in traffic gridlocks and rendered motorists and commuters stranded for hours, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, Oshogbo, Osun State capital and Ilorin, Kwara State, also witnessed more protests which had gone on for days.
Although President Muhammadu Buhari and his vice, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, had promiy extensive reform of the Police, the protesters were not satisfied. They listed five demands which the Federal Government must meet for the protests to cease. They include immediate release of all arrested protesters, justice for all deceased victims of police brutality and appropriate compensation for their families, setting up of an independent body to oversee investigation and prosecution of all reports of Police misconduct within 10 days, psychological evaluation of all disbanded SARS officers before redeployment and increase in police salary, so they are adequately compensated for protecting lives and property of citizens.