POLICE BRUTALITY FUELING YOUTH AGITATION


Picture above shows the damaged eye of the Uber driver as brutalized by the police

Police high-handedness had sparked spontaneous reaction that turned unruly in some parts of the country especially Lekki, in Lagos State. These reactions had allegedly led to deaths of some youths which were part of the protests in Lekki tollgate.

There is still a back and forth between the protesters and the Government as to facts of killing by the military. One year after, there is still no hard evidence to resolve that there was an actual massacre as claimed by the sponsors of the protest tagged #EndSARS. SARS was an acronym meaning Special Anti-Robbery Squad which Nigerian youths pushed for its abolition.

Although the youths won the battle and SARS was abolished by the Inspector General of Police, buy the fight is far from over as many incidences of Police brutality still abounds.

It is common to see police stripping young ladies on the way to or from night hangouts in Abuja and Lagos. It is also common to see police demanding to search the phones of young people in their so-called stop and search duties on the major streets of Nigerian cities.

Recently, a day after the one year commemoration of the #EndSARS, a  disturbing video surfaced where police ware seen beating and forcefully dragging an Uber driver into a police van. The video also captured how a police officer directly sprayed a red substance into the eyes of the Uber driver.


WATCH VIDEO HERE: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CVZKWUoKHzg/?utm_medium=copy_link


"People are angry these days", lamented Chubuike, a young Igbo trader in Wuse market, Abuja. The prices of goods are skyrocketing making it difficult for traders to make sales. On top of that, young people trying hard to make a decent living are daily accosted and harassed by the police".

It is obvious that these kind of police harassment could lead to resistance akin to last year's #EndSARS protests.



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