What started as a protest against a police unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), has sparked new level of consciousness among Nigerians.
The protests against the unit became popular after a video surfaced online depicting officers of the police harassing a young man in Delta state.
The protest that begun in Lagos State has since spread across different cities in the world with the demands of the protesters exceeding the calls to end police brutality.
Few days after the protests started, Nigeria's Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, announced that the SARS unit has been scrapped. He thereafter announced the floating of the Special Weapon and Tactics Team (SWAT) to replace SARS.
This however did not sit well with many of the protesters who saw the development as barely a change of name.
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