For the last two weeks, the streets of Nigeria have been packed with protesters who are taking a stand against normalised police brutality.
If you’re unfamiliar with what has been going on, here’s a quick breakdown of what’s been happening. SARS is a unit that was first put together in 1992.
As an undercover task force, it was aimed at tackling crime and protecting the public, but instead, it has become synonymous with oppression, human right violations as well as accusations of assault, illegal detentions and shootings.
While the SARS unit was disbanded by President Buhari on 11 October, the trauma left by the task force has reached a breaking point.