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EndSARS: Gov Wike throws weight behind call for police reform
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has thrown his weight behind the call for a total reform of the Nigeria Police Force.
The call for police reforms has generated a series of protests across Nigeria on the banner of EndSARS.
These have forced the Nigerian government to disband the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, which protesters accused of brutality.
The operatives of the unit have been redeployed to other units in the police force as directed by the Inspector-General of Police.
Reacting to the directive, Wike said that what is needed is a reform and not the redeployment of SARS operatives.
He stated this just hours after he placed a ban on all forms of protests including EndSARS protest in Rivers State.
He tweeted:
“It is not only ending SARS, every Nigerian should support the total reform of the Police. We shouldn’t make a mistake, If we #EndSars as they have done the same police people would be used to form another body. That is what I have always supported and called for.”
It is not only ending SARS, every Nigerian should support the total reform of the Police.
We shouldn’t make a mistake, If we #EndSars as they have done the same police people would be used to form another body.
That is what I have always supported and called for. pic.twitter.com/pKhXk1d5QU
— Gov N E Wike Information. (@GovWike) October 13, 2020
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