ENDSARS: ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF THE RIPPLES OF YOUTH PROTESTS ON EFFECTIVE POLICING IN NIGERIA
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This study assessed the remote and immediate causes of the riot tagged #EndSARS in Nigeria and to examine the Dimension and level of police brutality in Nigeria before #EndSARS. The study adopted mixed method of data collection technique and Purposive sampling technique was used in choosing southwestern region and 4 states in the region due to the severity of the riot and the upshot in the region while Multistage sampling procedure was used in choosing 668 respondents. Also relevant legal documents on #EndSARS Protest were also used to support primary data. Finding from the study revealed incessant killing of innocent citizens; police harassment and unfair treatment by some police officers towards citizens as the immediate causes of the protest. Correspondingly, 65.7% of the respondents viewed the lock-down as the immediate causes of the protest. Finally, it was discovered that SARS now SWAT after the dissolution became worse in their handling of youth, as the respondents were of the opinion that the dissolution was just in name not in character, as majority (72%) of the respondents claimed that police brutality in the areas was enormous. Hence, the study concluded that the protest did not have substantial effect on curbing police brutality. Thus, the study recommended that Police Authority should be conducting regular checks on SWAT activities to reduce abuse of power and to avoid re-occurrence of #EndSARS Protest.
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