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EPISODE · Oct 15, 2020 · 36 MIN

Nigeria's police brutality protest

from African Dialogue · host Channel Africa

Demonstrations against police brutality have swept Nigeria over the past week, intensifying demands for reform and accountability. To date, At least ten people have died in the protests according to Amnesty International. The human rights group says police have used excessive force against unarmed protesters since the protests started last Thursday. The youth-led rallies in several parts of the country initially targeting the federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a police unit long accused of harassment, extortion and extrajudicial killings. After days of demonstrations, authorities on Sunday announced the scrapping of SARS and the redeployment of its officers to other police units.To take the conversation further we are now joined on the line by: • His Excellency Godwin Adama is the Consul General of Nigeria to South Africa • Dr Jimam Lar from the University of Jos in Nigeria• Dr Olayinka Ajala is an Associate Lecturer at the University of York

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