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SARS Demands One Million Naira After Abducting Me, A Nigerian Speaks
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Recounting his ordeal with SARS, the Nigerian, who does not want to be named for safety reason, said his friend and him were forcefully arrested, adding that the SARS officials threatened to kill him if he attempted to contact anyone for help.
A Nigerian youth has narrated his encounter with the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the police and how operatives demanded N1m bail to free him after an illegal arrest.
Recounting his ordeal with SARS, the Nigerian, who does not want to be named for safety reason, said his friend and him were forcefully arrested, adding that the SARS officials threatened to kill him if he attempted to contact anyone for help.
Describing the SARS officials as “real demonsâ€, the youth said despite not finding anything incriminating on him, the officials demanded N1m before they would be released.
He said, “After checking our phones and finding nothing, they told my friend to get down from the car and get into their bus. He complied.
“In the car, they started to threaten me. Telling me how they will lock me up, chain me and no one would do anything about it.
“They told me that if I tried to call out for help again, they will shoot me and throw my body down and no one would find me. These guys are real demons.
“After driving for about one hour, they asked us to pay them N1m, which I asked why?â€
He revealed that the SARS officials tortured and brutalised them while driving around the state.
He stated that he paid a sum of N100,000 to gain his freedom from the unjust arrest from the men.
“Seeing that we weren’t about to give them the money, they ended up bringing it down to N100,000, which they drove us to Zenith Bank along Osolo way, opposite SOS home where they made my guy get down from the bus to withdraw the money from the ATM.
“After they got the money, they let us go. Till now I still do not know my crime,†he said.
Nigerians have renewed the call for the scrapping of SARS following fresh extrajudicial killings of some youth.
Young People on social media also called for total rejection and reprisal attack against the unlawful activities of SARS operatives with the hashtag #WarOnSars.
Reacting to the outcry, the Nigeria Police Force has banned the Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other tactical squads from routine patrol as well as stop-and-search.
Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, in a statement on Sunday, banned the unit from engaging in routine patrol at the federal, zonal and command levels.http://saharareporters.com/2020/10/05/sars-demanded-n1m-bail-after-%E2%80%98abducting%E2%80%99-me-nigerian-says#:~:text=Recounting%20his%20ordeal%20with%
A Nigerian youth has narrated his encounter with the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the police and how operatives demanded N1m bail to free him after an illegal arrest.
Recounting his ordeal with SARS, the Nigerian, who does not want to be named for safety reason, said his friend and him were forcefully arrested, adding that the SARS officials threatened to kill him if he attempted to contact anyone for help.
Describing the SARS officials as “real demonsâ€, the youth said despite not finding anything incriminating on him, the officials demanded N1m before they would be released.
He said, “After checking our phones and finding nothing, they told my friend to get down from the car and get into their bus. He complied.
“In the car, they started to threaten me. Telling me how they will lock me up, chain me and no one would do anything about it.
“They told me that if I tried to call out for help again, they will shoot me and throw my body down and no one would find me. These guys are real demons.
“After driving for about one hour, they asked us to pay them N1m, which I asked why?â€
He revealed that the SARS officials tortured and brutalised them while driving around the state.
He stated that he paid a sum of N100,000 to gain his freedom from the unjust arrest from the men.
“Seeing that we weren’t about to give them the money, they ended up bringing it down to N100,000, which they drove us to Zenith Bank along Osolo way, opposite SOS home where they made my guy get down from the bus to withdraw the money from the ATM.
“After they got the money, they let us go. Till now I still do not know my crime,†he said.
Nigerians have renewed the call for the scrapping of SARS following fresh extrajudicial killings of some youth.
Young People on social media also called for total rejection and reprisal attack against the unlawful activities of SARS operatives with the hashtag #WarOnSars.
Reacting to the outcry, the Nigeria Police Force has banned the Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other tactical squads from routine patrol as well as stop-and-search.
Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, in a statement on Sunday, banned the unit from engaging in routine patrol at the federal, zonal and command levels.
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Political Apathy
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You might have wondered why you see some people always displaying nonchalant attitude to the general affairs of the government of their state or of the nation. You have often wondered why and what term you can use to describe such act. Remind you to know that such people will not vote during elections, will not participate during census counting and so on like that.
Political Apathy simply put is a situation whereby people has no interest in the political and governmental affairs in their country or state. They don't have anything to do with with politics in their country. If a government is doing good or bad, they won't encourage or even critize good and bad government respectively.
Political apathy cuts across everywhere, even though this might be high or low depending on some critical factors. Various forms or ways in which a person can exhibit political apathy includes;
1. Having a wrong belief or notion about participants in politics.
2. Low turnout on election day - when people don't want to vote on election day.
3. Refusal to register and vote or be voted for.
4. Refusal to protest against rigging of election.
5. Refusal to join political parties.
6. Reluctance to discuss political issues.
Let us check some of the causes of why people lack interest and motivation to participate in the political affairs of their country.
1. Bad Governance: People won't be motivated to participate in political affairs when there is bad governance. Bad governance in the sense of not taking into consideration the interest of the masses, ruling undemocratically.
2. Illiteracy: This can also facilitate apathy towards the government. When people are not literate or know what they need to know to ensure their proper participation. Illiteracy could include not knowing the fundamental human rights.
3. Poverty and Unemployment: Some believe that it's only when they are financially okay and well that they can have time to participate in political affairs. They termed participation in politics a waste of time if one is being unemployed.
4. Wrong notion that politics is a dirty game.
5. Insecurities during elections
6. Rigging of election
7. Unfulfilled political promises.
8. Laziness on the part of the masses.
Let us look at some of the ways political apathy can be stopped or discouraged.
1. Knowing, understanding and exercising our rights.
2. Participation in Elections or voting.
3. Writing to elected politicians.
4. Joining a political party or pressure groups
5. Encouraging friends, relatives and neighbours to vote.
6. Introduction of Civic and political education.
Conclusively, Political apathy is a phenomenon which should be eradicated among people in a state. When people come together for the interest of the government in their mind, progress and good governance is assured. Hope I motivated a mind today.
Feel free to share your thoughts and encourage me. Thanks.
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