Former military head of states, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has also joined the call to reform the Special Anti - Robbery squad SARS.
In a tweet on his verified twitter handle on Saturday, He urged the police to stop brutalising Nigerians who are protesting against the SARS excesses in the country.
Babangida said when he was head of states, his "administration created the Special Anti-Robbery Squad to protect the citizens from crimes and robbery, not harassing the citizens on a daily.
I urge the Presidency and the Police Chiefs to have an urgent reform on police brutality on the ongoing #EndSARS campaign. My administration created the Special Anti-Robbery Squad to protect the citizens from crimes and robbery, not harassing the citizens on a daily.
— Ibrahim B. Babangida (@General_Ibbro) October 10, 2020
In the same vein, President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Zahra, and Vice President Osinbajo’s daughter, Kiki have also joined the ongoing #EndSARS protest against police brutality in the country.
Kiki Osinbajo had on Saturday shared a post on her Instagram page saying “Police brutality must end now” using the hashtags #endpolicebrutality and #endsars
The Vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, had earlier expressed anger over reports of the SARS's excesses against citizens in the country.