Thursday, February 13, 2025 - Daniel Bwala, the Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communication, has described the End SARS protest as the beginning of “irresponsible protesting” in Nigeria.
The End SARS protest, which took place in 2020 across major Nigerian
cities, lasted for two weeks as Nigerians demanded the disbandment of the
Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a division of the Nigerian police known for its
brutality and extrajudicial killings.
Speaking on Wednesday morning, Feb. 12, while appearing on News Central
Television, Bwala stated that the End SARS protest marked the beginning of
irresponsible protesting in the country. He argued that prior protests had been
organised, but EndSARS lacked structure.
He said: "You want to shut down law and order in the country. There
is no police anywhere in the world that will close their eyes to that
fact.
"End SARS was the beginning and the foundation of irresponsible
protesting. Before End SARS, all the protests that we had in the country were
organised. That’s why they were called organised protests.
"But the government didn’t shut down the protesters. However, there
were misadventures by law enforcement, and I admit that. That’s why a panel was
formed to investigate, and it released its findings. But many of the subsequent
reports were based on fake news, particularly from CNN, which exaggerated
several aspects of the story."
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