Nigerian SWAT team: Inspector General of Police set up SWAT to replace SARS - How #EndSARS Nigeria protests change things
Di End SARS protest across Nigeria wey lead to di creation of SWAT, resemble keg of gun powder wey don load, load, load before e finally burst.
Some Social Media users dey post [#EndSWAT] say dem no think say Special Weapons and Tactics team different from di SARS unit, say na just name change Nigeria police brutality protests wey dey happun start from social media as #EndSARS until Tuesday, wen di Inspector General of Police Muhammed Adamu set up Special Weapons and Tactics [SWAT] - di new unit to replace di Special Anti-Robbery Squad [SARS] wey dem dissolve two days earlier. Since wen di hashtag end sars [#EndSARS] turn street protest all over Nigeria to demand police reforms, see wetin don happun so far. Four years of demand to end SARS and stop police brutality No be today human rights community don dey petition di Special Anti-Robbery Squad [SARS] wey dem dissolve sake of di inhuman way dem dey take treat fellow Nigerians for detention centres. Since 2016 goment don ban dis police unit at least four times but e no stop di brutality. One week of non-stop protest across Nigeria afta wetin happun for Ughelli Protests against police brutality across Nigeria still dey gain grounds since Saturday 3 October, 2020 wen video of a boy wey suffer harassment from police for Ughelli Delta State southern Nigeria go viral for social media. Na dia di hashtag end sars [#EndSARS] turn from online to street protests across major towns inside Nigeria. Activists, celebrities, young Nigerians home and abroad stage protests to demand police reforms and end to brutality. At least 10 pipo die during [#EndSARS] protests Na at least 10 pipo na im die during dis [#EndSARS] protests, according to Amnesty international. Tori be say na police bullet kill dem during di protest. One die for Lagos, anoda for Abuja and eight for Ogbomosho, BBC Pidgin find out. Muhammadu Buhari Nigeria Police dissolve Special Anti-Robbery Squad [SARS] So on Sunday 11 October, di Inspector General of Police Muhammed Adamu dissolve di Special Anti-Robbery Squad [SARS] of di Nigeria Police Force. But dat one no stop di protests. So by Monday 12, October Nigeria president Muhammadu Buhari react to di continued protests across di kontri. President Buhari declare dat day for Abuja say di disbanding of SARS na di first step to extensive police reforms by im administration. Presidential panel on police reforms okay 5-point demand of End Sars Nigerian protesters By di following day afta Buhari reaction, di Presidential Panel on Police Reforms don okay di five-point demand of protesters. Dis one dey come afta di directives by President Muhammadu Buhari to dissolve di Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in response to di demand of citizens. Na di Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, do di meeting with stakeholders, wia dem agree to meet di protesters demands, wey include to stop to dey use force against protesters and di unconditional release of citizens dem arrest. Wetin be di 5 point demand of di protesters? Protests continue di next day afta Police create SWAT to replace SARS Some Social Media users dey post [#EndSWAT] say dem no think say Special Weapons and Tactics team different from di SARS unit, say na just name change.