Some #EndSARS protesters arrested by the police in Ogun State on Saturday are released after pressure from Nigerian human rights activists including Omoyele Sowore.
Governor Dapo Abiodun disclosed this on Sunday.
He said, “I can confirm that, following my instruction to the Commissioner of Police, detained protest organisers are released from detention.”
The protesters were arrested on Saturday with the police claiming that their peaceful protest turned violent.
In order to border them, NaijaGistReporters gathered that the safety agency planted guns in their cars.
Calling for his or her release on Sunday, Sowore described the brute force displayed by the police on harmless Nigerians as undemocratic and uncalled for.
According to the rights activist, the scrapping of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a notorious police unit, was only one out of various rots within the Nigerian system that has got to be corrected.
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, had earlier on Sunday announced the disbandment of SARS after days of public outrage across the country.
Adamu during a Facebook Live broadcast to Nigerians on Sunday afternoon said, “The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police is hereby dissolved and every one officers serving within the unit are to be redeployed with immediate effect."
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