The governor was reacting to the nationwide violence and looting by hoodlums in the aftermath of the #EndSARS protests. There have been reports of hoodlums overpowering police officers to burn down police stations and other infrastructure they guard. The IGP had scrapped the special police unit in the wake of the #EndSARS protests against police brutality and extrajudicial killings. “Now SARS has ended, police morale has been dampened, they have gone off the streets, and the hoodlums have taken to the streets. ), in a broadcast last week also said the disbandment of SARS was taken as a weakness of his regime.

Source: Punch October 27, 2020 08:03 UTC