EndSARS: Protesters Setup Free Phone-Charging Spots At Lekki Toll Gate(Video)

A phone-charging spot has been made available for those who want to charge their phones, camera, etc at Lekki Toll Gate.

News Rain Nigeria reports that Nigerian youths protesting against the extrajudicial activities of the now-defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) have set up solar-powered free charging spots at Lekki toll Gate, Lagos State.

EndSARS: Protesters Setup Free Phone-Charging Spots At Lekki Toll Gate(Video)

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According to report, the youths who are protesting against the SARS tactical unit of the Nigerian Police Force over its brutality, illegal arrest, extortion, and extra-judicial killings, set up the solar charging spots to keep their phones, camera, etc powered during demonstrations.

Series of photos and videos circulating on social media shows that the charging spots already have chargers fixed, so protesters won’t need to bother about carrying their chargers around.

Note that End Special Anti-Robbery Squad (End SARS) or #EndSARS is a social movement in Nigeria that started on Twitter calling for banning of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a unit of the Nigerian Police Force. It is a call to end police oppression and brutality in Nigeria. The protests started as a social media campaign using the hashtag #ENDSARS to demand Nigeria’s government to scrap and end the deployment of Nigeria Police Force Special Anti-Robbery Squad, popularly known as SARS.

Within a weekend (9–11 October 2020), the #ENDSARS hashtag had up to 28 million tweets. Nigerians have shared both stories and video evidence of how members of SARS engaged in kidnapping, murder, theft, rape, torture, unlawful arrests, high-handedness, humiliation, unlawful detention, extrajudicial killings, and extortion.

SARS officers profile youths largely based on appearance; mount illegal roadblocks, stop and search, arrest without warrant, rape women, extort young Nigerians for driving exotic vehicles, and using iPhones.

While some claimed victory as the Nigerian Police Force dissolved the Special Anti-Robbery Squad on Sunday, 11 October 2020, others noted similar promises had been made in recent years and the government planned to reassign SARS officers rather than eliminate them entirely. The government has continued to repress protests with lethal force despite the announcement.