Suspected hoodlums on Monday hijacked the #EndSARS
Protests in Benin City, Edo State capital.
The Special Adviser to Governor Godwin Obaseki on Media, Crusoe
Osagie, told Channels Television that the hoodlums exchanged fire
with security operatives at the Maximum prison in Benin City.
“The hoodlums are currently exchanging fire with the security
personnel at the Maximum security prison in Oko, Benin City,”
Osagie told Channels Television.
The hoodlums can be seen in videos invading the Benin Medium
security prison on Sapele Road, releasing some inmates.
Three police stations were reported to have been burnt by the
hoodlums.
Some of the police stations affected include the Ugbekun and
Idogbo Police Stations in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of the
state.
-Protest Against Police Brutality-
The #EndSARS protests calling for an end to police brutality;
extrajudicial killings and scrapping of the Special Anti-Robbery
Squad (SARS) – a unit of the police force notorious for human
rights abuse – have continued for over 12 days.
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Nigeria’s police chief, Mohammed Adamu, had on heels of the
disbandment of SARS, announced a new tactical unit – Special
Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) – to replace the scrapped arm of the
force.
Irked by the move, more Nigerians trooped to the streets,
calling for the rejection of the new unit.
Using the #EndSWAT hashtag on the social media platform,
Twitter, the protesters believe the new arm of the police would be
no different from the disbanded SARS.
They argue that the introduction of SWAT is ill-timed and does
not align with their demands for a reformation of the country’s
policing system.
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