#EndSARS Nigerian Police Officers Allegedly Mock Robbery Victim, Refuse Helping Him
December 15, 2020
Some members of the Nigerian police force have chosen to mock a Nigerian citizen who fell victim to armed robbers Premium Times report. Reporting on the incidence that took place last week, Cletus Ukpong stated that the man's car was snatched by some armed robbers in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, South-south Nigeria. The man quickly sought help from some police officers, who mockingly told him that Nigerians wanted an end to SARS.
The man, identified as Cardinal Usanga, was thanking God during Sunday service in a Pentecostal church in the city, for coming out alive from the robbery incident.
He also stated that his car, a Toyota Camry, was recovered the same day after the robbers abandoned it somewhere in the city.
“The armed robbers threatened to shoot me, they threw me out of my car. Immediately they left with my car, I flagged down a police vehicle, told them what happened and begged them to help me get my car back. The policemen said to me, ‘It’s EndSARS’. They laughed and drove away,” he said while giving testimony in the church.
SARS, a disbanded Nigeria Police Force (NPF) unit were notorious for human rights abuses sparking outrage and street processions across the country before they were disbanded by the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu.
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