End SARS: See How Nigeria Anti-police Brutality Protests Go Global

End SARS: See How Nigeria Anti-police Brutality Protests Go Global



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End SARS: See how Nigeria anti-police brutality protests go global

18 October 2020, 07:59 WAT
Protesters hold banners as they walk along a road during a protest against the Nigeria rogue police, otherwise know as Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), in Ikeja district of Lagos, Nigeria, 09 October 2020.

Nigerians don dey protest against police brutality for many years now, so why e bi say dis October protest gain international attention and support like never before?

For di last two weeks, di strong support wey Nigerian protester get for street show face for Twitter too wit different-different hashtags dem, but di main one na #EndSARS.

Di full meaning of SARS na Special Anti-Robbery Squad.

No be today wey dem just start to dey accuse SARS officers of robbing, attacking and even killing pipo but dis new protest start for di beginning of October.

Nigerian technology news site Tech Cabal track di date of di protest to October 3.

Na one tweet from pesin wey get just 800 followers na im receive more dan 10,000 retweets:

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Di Tweeter, wey call himself Chinyelugo, tell BBC say normally im dey keep low profile on Twitter but personally police don harass am before so wen im friend tell about another police attack im ginger am to tweet about am.

"If Sars see you as a young pesin wey dey successful with nice car, dem go harass you and collect money from you hand," na wetin im tok.

Im later tweet one video wey im claim say be one young man wey police shoot.

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Di video dey like say na from one Instagram story post from one account wey di pesin describes themselves as Azakaza Sarah - brand ambassador.

Her posts normally na mixture of pose for fishnet tights and promoting body scrubs.

E dey possible say di video don pass from di pesin wey film am through many different pipo, and WhatsApp groups before e reach Azakaza Sarah.

But now e dey Twitter.

A demonstrator stands atop a vehicle and shouts slogans as others carry banners while blocking a road leading to the airport, during a protest over alleged police brutality, in Lagos, Nigeria October 12, 2020.
Wetin we call dis foto,

Most of di protesters na young pipo

Some pipo wey Nigerian tori pipo dey call influencers for social media, wey also call themselves "accidental leaders" don carri di mata for dia head.

BBC Nduka Orjinmo say di real ginger start on Wednesday 7 October, four days afta di tweet about di man wey dem shoot, wen Rinu Oduala, one woman wey call herself media strategist, beg oda protesters to spend di night outside government house for Lagos.

For di early days of di protest BBC Nigeria correspondent Mayeni Jones observe di interesting digital protest wey fit explain why dis protest get so much more attention pass di previous ones.

Di Organizers dem bin dey shade brands and tori pipo, dem go tag dia twitter handles for tweets and ask dem why dem no dey cover di protests.

See di one wey dem do cable company DSTV.

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