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SARS (Special Anti Robbery Squad) is a defunct department in the Nigeria Police Force under the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID). The squad was created as a faceless police unit that performs undercover operations against crimes associated with armed robbery, car snatching, kidnapping, and crimes associated with firearms.  SARS in many locations throughout Nigeria is infamous for the victimization of innocent citizens in order to allegedly enrich themselves. The SARS operatives have also been accused of human right abuses, illegal stops and searches, illegal arrests and detentions, extrajudicial killings, sexual harassment of women and brutalizing of many young Nigerians, and there is no doubt as to the truth of these allegations, as over the years this operatives have been witnessed against and caught on tape perpetrating this acts. The proverbial last straw for Nigerians was the continuous killings and brutalization of young people for the singular...

It feels good to have our voices heard, we speak, and they hear, we rise as one, and they have no other choice but to acknowledge our collective rights. And as we bask in the satisfaction of our rising power and the inevitable end to what has caused families, friends and neighbors countless terrors, let's not forget that it's never over until there is permanent change. And the purpose why we raised our voices in the first place should never be forgotten. Remember this! There has never been a struggle for a better society without those whose lives were lost battling for a united front. T o the many who have died, and to the countless individuals who in one way or the other have been subjected to unimaginable terrors even as we speak, it is with deepest sorrow that we apologize not just for ourselves but for the evil that we let fester in our society. And we make a promise to those heroic Men and Women ; we promise to keep the struggle going, we promise to use our voices to carry...