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From Twitter to the streets ... How Nigerian youths won #EndSARS war

chuks oti

Oct 12, 2020

Rinu Odule (3rd L), one of the coordinators of the demonstration, speaks during a demonstration to call for the scrapping of the controversial police unit at Ikeja, on October 9, 2020. - Nigeria's top police chief banned a controversial anti-robbery unit and other special agents from mounting roadblocks and carrying out stop-and-search operations over accusations of abuses.

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Inspector-General of Police Muhammed Adamu said the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) and other tactical squads must stop such operations "with immediate effect". Adamu said the decision followed findings that "a few personnel" in undercover tactical squads have abused their position "to perpetrate all forms of illegality".

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(Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)

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#EndSARS protesters keeping vigil at the Lagos House of Assembly on Saturday

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