The social injustice against Nigerian civilians

What is SARS ?

Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) , involves a branch of Nigerian Police Force that are under the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) . This police department was also founded in 1992

What is the purpose of SARS?

SARS is an advocacy against the Nigerian citizens that are protesting peacefully, against police brutality that has been going on in Nigeria for the past 27 years. The people of Nigeria have had enough and they are tired, of loosing their loved ones and being scared to go out on the streets to buy groceries and purchasing other essentials.

The SARS group have quickly become a controversial link to Extrajudicial killings, torture and other illegal activities. The people that part take in the SARS activities, tend to stop people, who then have to give up their possessions or else they will be detained in police custody which possibly would lead to them being held for ransom.

SARS has gotten away with reported cases, such as unlawful killings and a lot of police brutality that has allegedly been carried out by the group for almost three decades.

Why is SARS causing so much attention on Twitter and other social media platforms?

On Tuesday 20th October at 6:50pm protestors were shot at by the Nigerian Armed Forces, that opened fire on a peaceful End SARS protest. One protester who refused to obey the curfew that was imposed by the state government, at Lekki’s toll gate in Lagos state, Nigeria .

The Lagos state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has come forward to say that, “one person had died at hospital from blunt force trauma to the head“. The governor also stated that it was unclear if the person was a protester.

June 2020, a realised report suggested that the SARS officers continued to commit multiple human rights violations, one including at least 82 cases of torture, ill treatment and extrajudicial executions between the years January 2017 and May 2020.

Celebrities and social media influencers who used their social media platforms to speak on SARS

Joe Biden an American president candidate party member now elected 46th President of the United States, sent out a tweet on this horrific event in Nigeria.

DJ Cuppy a Nigerian musician even part took in the protests against SARS and used her social media platforms to educate her followers on what’s going on.

Murad Merali a British YouTube influencer made videos on SARS, to educate his viewers on what is going on in Nigeria.

Naomi Campbell a British model, was able to use her platforms to raise awareness, on the issues that are going on in Nigeria.

Rihanna a Barbadian singer, used her social media platforms to speak out on the events that took place in Nigeria. She mainly took to Twitter to voice her outrage on what’s going on.

Mariam Musa a British YouTube and Instagram influencer, used her social media platforms to speak out on SARS.

Written by Ruona x

There is also a full topic of this on our podcast Lost in the 21st Century on all platforms.

Link will be below.

Please be advised that death, rape, abuse and police brutality was discussed.

https://anchor.fm/lostinthe21stcentury/episodes/What-is-going-on-in-Nigeria--ENDSARS-elgsp5