A legal practitioner, Asanya Ndidi, had earlier today, staged a lone END SARS protest inside the Nigerian National Assembly, Abuja.
The lady, who shared the video on her social media page, with tags like; #Endpolicebrutality #Stoptheintimidation, harrassment,torture and extrajudicial killings, etc., was seen raising a placards which she carried and met some intimidations by the security men inside the NASS.
The #EndSars protests were a culmination of weeks of anger and outcry online by the Nigerian young people over claims of kidnapping, harassment murder, and extortion by SARS.
The #EndSars hashtag has been trending worldwide since Friday and people in Nigeria have been using it to share videos and images of police using water cannons and tear gas to disperse protesters.
Following the protest, the Inspector General of Police on Sunday announced that the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, known as SARS, will be dissolved, according to a police statement.
“IGP M.A Adamu … has today, 11th October, 2020, dissolved the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) across the 36 State Police Commands and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),” a statement from police spokesman Frank Mba said.
All SARS officers are being redeployed with immediate effect, Mba added.
However, while the news was welcomed by jubilant protesters, they vowed to continue marching in their demands to end police brutality in all forms and make rogue officers accountable.
