'They killed my 14-year-old son', woman accuses SARS

On Inside Stuff this week, Martin Oloja talks about the EndSARS protest in Nigeria. The EndSARS movement that started a few weeks ago and ended with blood on the street with government and private properties burnt over how the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) section of the Nigerian police force has been brutalizing and killing innocent Nigerians unjustly.

After days of protest, a police unit known for committing crimes is dissolved and replaced. In Lagos, people don't believe that the move with end police brutality. The dissolution of SARS prompted fears in volatile parts of the country.

The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed has announced the immediate dissolution of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS.

As the call for a scrap of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) continues to gather momentum, Lagos State Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat has urged protest­ers to abide by the law, so that those concerned will get the salient point of their message.

As the End SARS protest continues, YouTuber and content creator Fisayo Fosudo and others speak about brutal experience with SARS and meeting with Lagos Dep. Governor.

There are various units in the Nigeria Police Force, but none more maligned than the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). So scorned is the unit that Nigerian's are on the street calling for its eradication.

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At least five cases of extra-judicial killings by Nigeria’s anti-robbery squad, SARS were recorded in recent weeks, including the murder of Kolade Johnson, a young father, on Sunday, March 31. The police has unleashed terror on the citizens it is meant to protect, leaving sorrow, tears, and blood in their wake.