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The Lagos #ENDSARS protesters on Friday insisted the notorious unit of the Nigeria Police Force must be scrapped totally.
Recall that the protests commenced on Wednesday and has since spread to almost all the 36 states including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The protesters who kept vigil at the entrance of the Governor’s Office and the House of Assembly all through Thursday carried on with the protest on Friday morning with thousands others joining.
During the protest on Friday, the protesters insisted that the Special Anti-Robbery Squad must be “completely disbanded”.
Deputy Governor of the state, Obafemi Hamzat, addressed the #EndSARS protesters.
He said, “Police must find those spoiling their names and prosecute them. There are those of them who are harassing our youths, it must stop. The only way it will stop is for them to prosecute the bad eggs among them.
“Before you remove a fence, you must understand why the fence was put there. You must go on a tour. If there are issues, you repair it.”
In their reactions, the protesters shouted “no”.
He thereafter asked, “What do you want?” the protesters replied, “EndSARS”.
Protests have been going on for days demanding the scrapping of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad over the extortion, brutalisation and killing of Nigerians by the police unit.
The Police IG on Sunday banned the unit, however, Nigerians denounced the ban as cosmetic, saying it is the fourth ban in recent times.
Meanwhile the #ENDSARS has since gone global, trending number one worldwide on Friday. International celebrities with Nigerian and non-Nigerian descent have also joined calls for disbanding of the unit.