Nigerian President Rallies To Demonstrate Against Police Repression Of Protesters

JAKARTA - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari took part in a demonstration against the police's repressive action against protesters. He also promised to reform the police institution in his country.

This was revealed by the president because of the brutality committed by police officers against the anti-police protesters.

Reported by Reuters , Tuesday, October 13, acts of violence by members of the Nigerian police began to stick to the public after a picture of a protester who died was uploaded to social media. Suddenly, this provoked people to take to the streets demanding that the police be reformed since last week.

The actions carried out by Nigerians were met with repressive actions by members of the police. In fact, many of the residents said police officers used live ammunition to disperse protesters in the Surulere district, Lagos.

Due to this incident, Buhari promised the Nigerian people that the police would reform as soon as possible. “Genuine concern and anxiety by the Nigerian people about the excessive use of force. And in some cases the extrajudicial killings and misconduct of people from the Nigerian Police. "

Buhari also added that the police officers who carried out violence were the rotten bay that tore the whole of Nigeria. It is not enough to provide information, Buhari, through his aide, Tolu Ogunlesi, also believes the Nigerians that the shooters will be tried as fairly as possible.

"There is no reason to shoot anything at peaceful protesters. The authorities must find the shooters and put them before trial," Ogunlesi tweeted.

Earlier, on Sunday, October 11, the authorities announced that they would disband the anti-robbery special forces unit, known as SARS. According to the government, SARS was the most problematic unit because it was alleged to be the unit that often beat and blackmailed Nigerians.

However, local human rights groups do not believe that the government can carry out reforms and dissolution of SARS. Because, the same promise has been echoed since years ago. Unfortunately, no concrete action has been taken to date.

“We don't fall for the same lies. We need a schedule for when they will hand over their badges, weapons and uniforms, ”said one human rights group, Akunna Nwaogwugwu.