African Informants has learnt that the Police are yet to vacate the Lekki toll gate in Lagos, two days after the End SARS memorial event.
The anniversary was also marked in states, mostly in Nigeria’s South, and in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
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The commemoration was to remind the federal government of police reform and reiterate condemnation of the military shooting on October 20, 2020.
Nigerians nationwide have been complaining of unending brutality, the basis of the EndSARS uprising ab initio.
Last week, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Isah Barnabas slapped a traveller in Okene, Kogi State, for challenging officers after collecting a bribe from a passenger carrying a laptop.
On social media, there are videos of policemen across the country assaulting Nigerians in defiance of the caution by the Force headquarters.
Adeola Oyinlade, a human rights lawyer warned the police to stop relying on the Public Order Act of 1979 to justify crackdowns.
Oyinlade recalled that on September 21, a number of retired police officers protested at the National Assembly over poor pension benefits.
“They did this because it is provided for in the constitution. The freedom of citizens to express views on a matter that affects them is a cornerstone upon which the existence of democratic society rests”, he maintained.
