Our voices have made a difference; I’m proud of what we have achieved. Our #EndSARS campaign was not in vain. We spoke, and they heard us.
Disbanding SARS (Special Anti-robbery Squad) is not enough. Removing rotting tomatoes from a basket and redistributing them into baskets of fresh tomatoes will not magically halt or revert the deteriorating state of their rot. The rot will spread and corrupt the fruits in all the baskets.
That said, the members of the scrapped unit should undergo rehabilitation before redeployment into other Units within the police force. They should go through a total overhauling of their understanding of fundamental human rights and why they have to respect these rights.
It is common knowledge that some police officers and other security operatives have lost their lives in saving and protecting us from criminals and terrorists. It is rather unfortunate that the value of the sacrifices they have made for us was decimated by their colleagues and other security operatives when they turned against us, innocent citizens, and residents of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. They forgot that every suspect is innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.
Disbanding SARS is not enough. Though it’s a step to ending police brutality, the brute force with which the police have handled protesters in Lagos, Abuja, Osun, and other states of the country reeks of cruelty. Shooting at unarmed protesters with life bullets shows that the government still hasn’t read our memo: #StopPoliceBrutalityNow
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Exactly my thoughts. Well written Ngozi
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Thank you, Mama. We can’t fold our arms and watch them kill, rape and maim us. The government doesn’t care if we live or die. We have to save our own lives.
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Rotten eggs everywhere that have lingered too long and polluted every fruit basket there ever was in the country, Nigeria. There’s corruption everywhere in the world; the difference is in its magnitude and governmental/legislative accountability! Nigeria has no accountability system in place. Or maybe the accountability is just not reckoned with … slack or ineffective for whatever reason. Whatever the case maybe, it is great to hear that the illegitimate SARS has been disbanded; it should never have been in the first place. Maybe this is a starting point for a new norm in the country. Thanks for sharing. May the souls lost cry out for change in the country! May God console the families.
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Amen! Thank you for the support 🤗
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I stand with you Ngozi ✊🤝🤝.
#End police brutality.
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Thank you Amy. We will not stand down until our demands are met. ✊🏽
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✊🏻✊🏽✊🏽 Thank you for your support.
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You are welcome. I believe that this is the beginning of better life and brighter days for Nigeria 🇳🇬 🙏👍🧡
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Some departments of police have absolute power, given to them to help the cause, but it causes absolute corruption. It is the same in India now.
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Yes, the intentions behind the SARS creation in 1992 was a noble one. But instead of protecting our lives and properties, they turned against us. #policebrutalitymustend
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This is so troubling to read. We have a similar situation developing in India as well with police brutality at its peak. I wish there was a permanent and effective solution to this.
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I wish so too. It seems police brutality knows no bounds. Can our governments hear our voices already? From one continent to the next, we hear the same sad stories of police brutality.
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I trip for the gallantry of the Nigerian youths 😍. We all stand for #endsars movement. The whole world is behind us.
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Yes, we are more united than the ruling party thought. ✊🏽🇳🇬
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