People carry placards in continuation of ongoing demonstrations to call for the scrapping of the controversial police unit at Ikeja, on October 9, 2020. - Nigeria's top police chief banned a controversial anti-robbery unit and other special agents from mounting roadblocks and carrying out stop-and-search operations over accusations of abuses. Inspector-General of Police Muhammed Adamu said the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) and other tactical squads must stop such operations "with immediate effect". Adamu said the decision followed findings that "a few personnel" in undercover tactical squads have abused their position "to perpetrate all forms of illegality". (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)
Amnesty International says the police have killed at least 10 persons since protesters took to the streets last Thursday to protest against police brutality and extra-judicial killings.
The human rights watchdog revealed this via Twitter.
“So far, Nigerian Police have killed at least 10 people since the start of protests against callous operations of SARS,” it tweeted.
ABN TV had reported the killing of a young man in Delta state and the brutalisation of another person in Lagos.
Jimoh Isiaq, a protester, was shot dead by the police in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, on Saturday.
Owing to these incidents, aggrieved Nigerians have intensified protests in major cities across the country.
President Muhammadu Buhari had assured citizens that those found culpable of misconduct among the disbanded special anti-robbery squad would be prosecuted.
But the protesters refused to back down, saying they would only stop protesting if their five-point demand is met by the government.
On Tuesday, the presidential panel on the reform of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) said it had accepted the five-point demand of the protesters.
TheCable published the five-point demand which includes “justice for all deceased victims of police brutality and appropriate compensations for their families”.
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