Six years after #EndSARS, police impunity persists - RULAAC
Nigeria, Oct. 20 -- The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has accused the Nigerian police of sustaining a culture of impunity six years after the #EndSARS protests.
The organisation cited continuing allegations of torture, unlawful detention, extortion, extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances.
In a statement on Tuesday, marking the sixth anniversary of the protests, the organisation's Executive Director, Okechukwu Nwanguma, argued that the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and subsequent reform measures had failed to fundamentally change the police practices that triggered the nationwide demonstrations in October 2020.
"The central question six years after #EndSARS is therefore not wh...
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