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23 Oct, 34 tweets, 24 min read
The atrocities committed by SARS officials spread far and wide.

Aubrey Hruby shares the experience of investors who came to Nigeria but we're harassed and robbed by police officers.

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An Abuja resident, Princewill described his experience with SARS that has left him unable to hear properly till date, due to their assaults.

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Elohor was beaten and had her phone smashed by policemen.

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Ghanaian Actress, Juliet Ibrahim, also shares her encounter.

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Dr Akinbiyi Akindoyin shares his harrowing encounter with SARS officials. It's no wonder he hasn't been back.

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Some, like Mary Jane, can't even tell their stories because they have been threatened to silence.

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The daughter of the Ooni of Ife almost lost her life to these reckless policemen. He shares her experience.

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Ade is anyone of us. He couldn't let go of the only thing he had and was chased by SARS officials for it.

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Nnamdi Kingsley has had one too many experiences with SARS officials. And the common factor is that it's never pleasant.

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A Twitter user who goes by the name Brighttez, shared the story of how his younger brother was gruesomely murdered by SARS in Edo state. May Haruna rest in peace.🕯️

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Atsu Davoh shares his very scary experience telling us how the police went through his phone for 20mins.

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Kenneth shares the experience he and his brother had with police officers who told him they could kill him and his Mom, who they tried to call, couldn't do anything about it.

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Aeeshamoh recounts her own SARS experience which she describes as 'ugly'.

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Pastor Poju shares the experience of his wife who was arrested who was arrested for a flimsy reason.

He admits his situation was different only because he was a known pastor so he understood how terrible other people would have had it.

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Samuel was brutalized by policemen, lost his teeth and broke his arm. All because he asked an officer "What was my offense?"

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Alhaji The Plug recounts how he was profiled as a 'yahoo boy' by SARS officials who came to his shop and arrested him.

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Sir Ben Dominic recounts his own experience and how the SARS officials, when they couldn't find anything to indict him with, demanded he pay them for wasting their time.

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SARS is notorious for taking people, pinning horrendous crimes on them and forcing them to sign already written statements admitting to crimes. Papi Chulo shares a similar story.

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Ossy was preparing for lectures when policemen came to his lodge and rounded up everyone. He was only 16 years old.

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Marve was heading home when he was suddenly slapped by a SARS officer and thrown into his car.

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Dr Elvis was driving his boss's car when he was taken away by SARS officers who also cocked an AK-47 at him.

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Engr Kobe shares his own experience of how SARS officials extorted money from him because they felt he shouldn't be driving the car he was.

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Damilola's scary experience was on a lonely road in the middle of nowhere with SARS officials who were smoking and threatening to shoot while going through their emails and calls.

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Henry was on his way back home from church when he had his laptop taken and his life threatened by SARS officials.

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Martial's trip to get pizza turned into a scary tale when she was accosted at gunpoint by SARS officials.

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Yele was kidnapped by SARS just minutes from his home. He was taken from Lekki to Ajah to Ikoyi and threatened that he would sleep in a cell if he didn't give them money.

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Lil Kesh still suffers form PTSD after his own experience with SARS.

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Falade's mum was arrested by SARS and she met almost 50 people who had been illegally detained for no reason by the rouge unit.

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Oladoyin shares her mom's personal experience with a victim of SARS who had been tortured for two weeks and had his eyes gouged out by SARS officials.

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Harbie was a witness to SARS slapping an elderly woman who wanted to bail out someone who had been wrongfully detained.

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Omobola Johnson's son was outside their house when SARS officials accused him of loitering and threatened to shoot him.

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Donald shares how his mom's working place had to install CCTV because the police was fond of dropping of corpses with no identification or explanation.

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Ibukun Awosika's sons also have their tales to tell of SARS encounters.

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Falz also has his personal experience with SARS officials when he and his manager were stopped and harassed.

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