It is hard to find someone in Nigeria who hasn’t experienced, witnessed or knows someone who has experienced/witnessed SARS brutality. While a lot of us knew ‘whatsup’, the menace became more evident when #EndSARS started trending on Twitter. A lot of other hitherto-quiet people shared stories of their travails in the hands of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad – people whose duty is to combat robbery and protect citizens. See some chilling stories of the evils these men (not) in uniform do.
Yesterday
https://twitter.com/yabakid/status/936912729138274304
They will kill you and nothing will happen
https://twitter.com/Beanchesterr/status/937221906264141824
Prostitute and Yahoo boy
Your NYSC member status won’t save you
Celebrities are not spared
https://twitter.com/iamTJAN/status/937284217834176512
Sigh
https://twitter.com/ArikeMartins_/status/937378020591009793
My God
https://twitter.com/LukeJr_/status/937262943418404864
If this doesn’t infuriate you
https://twitter.com/Bhadoosky/status/937284827669200896
Double tragedy
Did they actually shoot him?
https://twitter.com/TrendsOfNigeria/status/937326345083908097
This one happened today
https://twitter.com/Kush_Oracle/status/937346433644146688
No words
Amnesty International said this in 2016
That UNIPORT student
Betting is a crime – SARS
https://twitter.com/Teju_____/status/937329574073036801
Fornication too
Having beards too
Watching football sef
Don’t drive a Venza
Thou shall not have foreign numbers
Collateral damage
https://twitter.com/somtoobasi/status/937012994034294785
The killing field in Anambra
No one is saying anything good about them
Special ADVANCED robbery squad
https://twitter.com/Itsbrill/status/937334191309623296
Many young men in Nigeria can relate
https://twitter.com/ani_nomso/status/937249053385076737
Ring Road, Benin
This broke me
https://twitter.com/Itsbrill/status/937334191309623296
They took his Tom-Tom too
Your ID card can’t save you
This entire thread
Sigh. There are more than a thousand and one stories like these, reasons SARS should be disbanded or their modus operandi reviewed. Just follow the hashtag #EndSARS and join the conversation.
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