A whole lot of Nigerian youth have blocked the junction resulting in Nigeria’s National Assembly to demand an finish to the infamous police unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
The protesters who commenced the peaceable march from Banex junction within the nation’s capital metropolis, Abuja, round 11 a.m., arrived on the junction resulting in the National Assembly simply earlier than 2 p.m. on Tuesday.
The protesters had been, nonetheless, stopped by members of Nigerian army who violently chased the youth, leaving a number of the protesters and the members of the media injured within the course of.
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On the time of submitting this report, the ambiance is in disarray though Aisha Yesufu, one of many popular voices against the dreaded SARS, was seen by media personnel addressing the hostile soldiers, who’re blocking the junction and brandishing heavy logs of woods, probably to scare the determined protesters.
So far, not lower than 5 individuals have been killed for the reason that graduation of the protest towards police brutality throughout the nation, whereas its scope has expanded to different elements of the world.
