Pascal Oparada
The outcry that greeted the death of yet another Nigerian in the hands of operatives of the Special Anti- Robbery Squad (SARS) has exhumed the call for the squad to either be disbanded or be reformed.
EndSARS became a top trend on social media on Saturday and major part of Sunday when the death of Tiamiyu, a professional footballer with Remo Stars of Ibadan surfaced on social media.
A heartbreaking video posted on Twitter showed the father of Tiamiyu holding tightly to the SARS operative who pulled the trigger that ended the life of the footballer.
Social media campaigner, Aisha Yesufu asked rhetorically if Nigerians are not fed up with ‘May his soul rest in peace’ a phrase that has become common with the demise of people in avoidable circumstances.
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Dr. Dipo Awojide said Second time this week there is a riot in South West Nigeria over killings by SARS. We said it will get to this stage. Just saw a video of a policeman being beaten to stupor.
What manner of leadership is this? Will you #EndSars now @MBuhari? Will you?
Others said the whole system is set up against the masses, the security agencies, pharmaceutical and financial institutions, the media everything is an organised crime but Wetin man go do? everyday #EndSARS and up till now nothing has been done is it that they can’t see all the tweets and videos?
Bayo Adegboyega said on Twitter that Overtime, the @PoliceNG has proven to be the greatest evil that lives with us in Nigeria, they have done more harm than good, they are menace to our society and it became worse when SARS came on board. Today they cut short the life of Kazeem Tiamiyu of @RemoStarsSC Sad! #EndSARS.
Generally, Nigerians are expressing fury over the deaths in the hands of those entrusted with saving them.
