#LekkiGenocide: Police Brutality Is A Betrayal To Nigerians – Rihanna

Popular Canadian rapper, Tory Lanez, and Rihanna have come out to write about the #EndSARS campaign against police brutality and extrajudicial killings in Nigeria.

Lanez recently revealed that the ongoing unrest in Nigeria is bad and cannot be allowed to continue.

According to him, his celebrity friends should also help bring awareness because voicing out is the only way to put a stop to all forms of brutality in Nigeria.

Rihanna added that brutalizing citizens is such a betrayal to the citizens who voted for these leaders to protect and care for them.

”I can’t bare to see this torture and brutalization that is continuing to affect nations across our planet!

It’s such a betrayal to the citizens, the very people put in place to protect are the ones we are most afraid of being murdered by!

My heart is broken for Nigeria Man!! It is unbearable to watch. I’m so proud of your strength and not letting up on the fight for what’s right! #ENDSARS”

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The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) is a Nigerian Police Force unit under the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department headed by the Deputy Inspector General of Police Anthony Ogbizi. Since 2012, SARS has come under controversy for being linked to acts of extortion, torture, framing and blackmail.

The Special Anti-Robbery Squad was founded in 1992 by former police commissioner Simeon Danladi Midenda. The major reason SARS was formed was when Col. Rindam, a Nigerian Army Colonel was killed by police officers at a checkpoint in Lagos.

SARS is one of the 14 units in the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department which was established to detain, investigate and prosecute people involved in crimes like armed robbery, kidnapping and other forms of crimes.

During its formation the Special Anti-Robbery Squad was known to operate covertly. SARS operatives were not allowed to wear police uniform, publicly carry guns or have walkie-talkies. They were given unmarked vehicles with sometimes no license plates or private plate numbers during duty.