The Nigerian Police Force has said they would not disrupt
the planned nationwide protest by Nigerians as
citizens have fundamental rights
to expression and association.
“We respect the rights of all citizens to a peaceful
gathering, expression, opinion and association,” force spokesperson, Jimoh
Moshood, said, according to Premium Times.
The protest is scheduled for Monday, December 11 in Lagos, Owerri, Kaduna, Port-Harcourt, Ibadan, Warri, Abuja,
and other towns and cities across the country.
A coalition of civic groups has commenced sensitisation
activities ahead of a coordinated and simultaneous protests scheduled for
Monday.
The protesters would demand the complete abolition of the
Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a police department marred by cases of
intimidation, torture, wanton arrests for bribes and killing of innocent young
Nigerians.
Their aim is to compel the National Assembly and President
Muhammadu Buhari to scrap the notorious squad, which was created by the
police leadership to combat armed robberies decades ago.
The campaigners had delivered petitions to Speaker Yakubu
Dogara and Senate President Bukola Saraki in September and said
they received assurances that something would be done. An online petition for
the abolition of SARS has garnered nearly 30,000 signatures as of Friday
afternoon.
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