Thread by @StearsBusiness

#ENDSARS is long overdue. Here are the FACTS ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

Amnesty international documented 82 cases between January 2017 and May 2020. Detainees in SARS custody have been subjected to hanging, beating, waterboarding, near-asphyxiation with plastic bags, forcing detainees to assume stressful bodily positions and sexual violence. #EndSARS

It’s no surprise that in 2016, Nigeria's police force was ranked as the worst in the world. And the 2017 National Bureau of Statistics corruption survey found that police officers in Nigeria are the most likely of all civil servants to collect and solicit bribes. #EndSARS

The Federal Government of Nigeria has repeatedly promised to reform SARS. On 14 August 2018, the Nigerian Vice-President ordered an immediate reform of SARS, citing the widespread public outcry against their conduct, as the basis for the order. #EndSARS

Amnesty international’s research also shows that SARS officers involved in the torture and other ill- treatment of detainees are rarely held to account and in some cases are transferred to another location to avoid punishment. #EndSARS

Nigeria is a state party international treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT). #EndSARS

🇳🇬 is obliged under these international treaties to take a wide array of measures against torture and other ill-treatment, including its prohibition in law, ensuring that complaints are investigated, bringing perpetrators to justice and providing reparations to victims. #EndSARS