#EndSARS: Why Nigerians do not feel safe with the Special Anti-Robbery Squad
However, The spokesperson of the Nigerian Police Force Jimoh Moshood has said the people calling for the proscription of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)may be armed robbers
Speaking to newsmen, Moshood said SARS is doing “fantastically well” in the country and there hasn’t been any violation of human rights. He said:
‘As we speak, SARS is doing fantastically well across the country in reducing incidents of robbery to the barest minimum… they are doing very, very well. There has not been any specific violation of human rights against any SARS personnel. So anybody that is spreading such a rumour is not doing the nation any good.
SARS has no excesses and when there is any, we do investigate.The call for SARS to be scrapped should be condemned by all well-meaning Nigerians. Anybody calling for their proscription is not doing the nation any good and such people should be suspected as having something to hide.’
He added that the police does not permit the violation of human rights by its men, and the ones who do so are apprehended.
Over 100,000 tweets from concerned Nigerians. The people don’t feel protected. If we cannot FixSARS then #EndSARS.
— ITS DONJAZZY AGAIN? (@DONJAZZY) December 4, 2017
You can’t reform SARS. It’s practically impossible. Like Boko Haram, they are a terrorist organization. The only difference is that they have license to kill. We have to cut them out. #EndSARS
— Thommie (@Fin_Disu) December 4, 2017
I was on a job 5 mths ago, I wnt to ketu to get more chemical as my chemical finished on site. police raided me, I slept in their cell that nght, took me to a kangaroo court in oshodi D next day, court said i was guilty of causin havoc, & dey landed me in kirikiri prison #EndSARS
— adams taofeek (@souladamstweets) December 4, 2017
Kaduna SARS are the worst in naija, they killed 4 of their fellow SARS in just 4 month, kaduna SARS selling guns to fulani #EndSARS
— Ayukson (@ayukson2011) December 3, 2017
Was shot at, labelled a kidnapper, slept in jail the night I graduated cos I went to a party. All I could think of were my parents #EndSARS
— anonymous (@SVCanonymous) December 4, 2017
So my ex girlfriend sent my number to ikorodu sars and those ones have been calling and threatening to castrate me with bullets apparently for igniting the #EndSARS Campaign. I think I need a trip out of Lagos for a while.
— Charley (@yabakid) December 4, 2017
Not Every Young Lad with A Laptop is a “Yahoo Boy”
Some of us are Graphic Designers.
Some of us are Programmers.
Some of us are Bloggers.
Some of us are Promoters.
Some of us are Freelancers.
Some of us are Students.
Some of us are Analysts. #EndSARS— Oluwaseun Micheal (@mykel_velli22) December 3, 2017
Policemen can plant anything on u, best is to search them b4 they enter ur house or car.
Once planted igbo in a friend’s car, he got stopped by another set of policemen at another checkpoint, he almost ran mad coz he has no biz wit weed, spent hundreds of # to bail him #EndSARS— DisturbingIbadan?? (@damorela00) December 3, 2017
What section of the Nigerian constitution states that using an IPhone is a crime? The police that is supposed to maintain law and order can’t be lawless. And the FG should stop pretending that everything is okay. #EndSARS
— Airiafo Fred O (@Airiafo) December 4, 2017
Can never forget November 2005, driving in Abuja with @sommbonu and @IAMOfem. Stopped by a plain clothes officer with a gun, chased and actually being shot at for being “suspected armed robbers”. Ofem still has the bullet scars on his shoulder.#EndSARS
— Ebuka Obi-Uchendu (@Ebuka) December 4, 2017
The entire police force needs some serious revamp. SARS are particular notorious for brutal attacks on innocent youth. The police is not our friend #EndSARS
— #27 (@falzthebahdguy) December 3, 2017
I was on a job 5 mths ago, I wnt to ketu to get more chemical as my chemical finished on site. police raided me, I slept in their cell that nght, took me to a kangaroo court in oshodi D next day, court said i was guilty of causin havoc, & dey landed me in kirikiri prison #EndSARS
— adams taofeek (@souladamstweets) December 4, 2017
