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1.Perhaps the real issue in the #ENDSARS campaign is the capital word, IMPUNITY. It is the belief in the exemption from the rule of law, a thug's definition of the use of power. #EndPoliceBrutality #ReformPolice
2.Impunity permeates our society - from the brigandage in our political system, to the Okada rider who rides against the traffic knowing he can pay off the law cheaply, to the use of convoy as a weapon of brutalisation, etc. #EndPoliceBrutality #ReformPolice
3. It would seem that in Nigeria, power is not a means but an end. A power-defined society ultimately becomes a wicked society. #EndPoliceBrutality #ReformPolice
My heart breaks for every injustice meted out to the vulnerable in society by the police either by our legacy police officers, The special anti robbery squad (SARS) or any other archetype of the tactical unit of the police force.
A critical examination of the incidents as well as information I'm privy to shows this is way beyond just the SARS unit as the campaign suggests abnitio in 2017.
It seemed like we would turn a corner with the work that led to the new laws (Police Trust Fund and Police Act 2020).
It seemed like we would turn a corner with the work that led to the new laws (Police Trust Fund and Police Act 2020).
and all our behind-the-scene advocacy efforts for the institution, its members and we the people, but the reality of young people as being expressed - from tech guys to entertainment professional shows that there more work to be done.
Shall we create a thread that catalogues alleged police brutality incidents in Nigeria?
Please reply this tweet with any incident you have personally experienced, come across on your timeline or seen anywhere else on the Internet.
#EndSARs #ReformPolice
Please reply this tweet with any incident you have personally experienced, come across on your timeline or seen anywhere else on the Internet.
#EndSARs #ReformPolice
Joseph Eidonijie Ugbeni
Ifeoma Abugu
FCT SARS
FCT SARS
