The ongoing EndSARS protests in various parts of Nigeria have gained international attention and support at a scale never seen before.
The protest which started in October is about an appeal to the Federal Government of Nigeria to stop police brutality, being unleashed on Nigerian by the Special Anti-robbery Squad well known as SARS.
Meanwhile, the protest has taken a different dimension since it started in the last two weeks.
The online presence of the protest is becoming very massive as an outpouring of support for Nigerian protesters has played out on Twitter, with the hash tag, “#EndSARS”.
Apart from police brutality, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad have also been accused of robbing, attacks, extortion and maiming Nigerians.
The rate at which people have been involved in the protest globally has been alarming. In a tweet by someone with just 800 followers received more than 10,000 retweet:
On the attitude an acts carried out by the SARS officers, a Twitter user, who calls himself Chinyelugo, told the BBC that he normally keeps a low profile on Twitter but that he personally had been harassed by the police previously so when a friend told him about what appeared to be another attack by police he felt the need to tweet it.
Chinyelugo said, “If Sars see you as a young person who is successful with a nice car; they will harass you and extort money from you.”
