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9 Oct, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Know your SARS history: The Special Anti-Robbery Squad was founded in 1992 by former police commissioner Simeon Danladi Midenda. The major reason SARS was formed was when Col. Rindam, a Nigerian Army Colonel was killed by police officers at a checkpoint in Lagos. #EndSARS
When the information reached the army, soldiers were dispatched into the streets of Lagos in search of any police officer. The police withdrew from checkpoints, security areas and other points of interest, some were said to have resigned while others fled for their lives
After months of dialogue the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police Force came to an understanding and official police duties began again in Lagos. The SARS unit was officially commissioned in Lagos following a ceasefire by the army after settlement.
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Shall we create a thread that catalogues alleged police brutality incidents in Nigeria?
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Ok. Since you have welcomed my comments, let me make a small thread:

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I do not think there is any subject in Nigeria’s history that has been more comprehensively documented than the civil war. Nigerian, Biafran and International witnesses have written countless books, articles and journals. There's even a book compiling all the int'l press coverage
The only reason why it appears that these accounts do not exist is because the Nigerian state has carried on like they didn't. That's what we should change.
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22 Mar
Fantastic #COVID19 conversation IG Live today with @purrples SA to @kfayemi on Communications and Strategy.

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June 15, 2019 @AkuBeyy and Jennifer Ogbogu dragged me to Jiwa, Gwagwa. A small community in the forgotten suburbs of Abuja. 21 kids had been abducted from a Church by the FCDA SDS department for over 3 months and their parents were broken and in despair.
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After investigations, the officer working the case was convinced that the church had committed no crime but she couldn't get SDS to release the kids back to their parents as the SDS secretary was allegedly stalling and suggesting that the kids had been given out for adoption.
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