SARS has been getting plenty of flak from a brutalised public. This is best time for police reforms. This week could well have been judgment day for the police Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Thousands of young Nigerians are using the #EndSARS hashtag to relay just how badly they’ve been treated by officers who should be protecting them from armed robbers.It’s been a successful social media campaign thus far; with celebrities and politicians adding their voices to the clarion call to get SARS to behave like humans and not some bestial creatures. Tales of woesOne lady said SARS made her cough out ‘bail’ money for wearing a G-string. The other said SARS groped her and fondled her breasts. Young men have told of how SARS personnel led them to the ATM and coerced them into withdrawing money at gunpoint. SARS have arrested people for standing outside their family homes. A lady lost her son after SARS arrested him and ended his life behind bars. The late son was charged with zero crime.
