EndSARS Protests Targeted At Buhari – Ex-Senator

The #EndSARS protests in different parts of Nigeria are mainly targeted at the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration and not the police, former Zamfara State senator, Kabiru Marafa, has said.
Mr Marafa stated this in a statement made available to The Tide source last Monday, where he called on President Buhari to be vigilant in the face of the demonstrations.
He said there have been massive protests in parts of the country with Nigerians calling for the scrapping of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a unit of the police.
“The demonstrations were triggered by illegal arrests, detention, extortion as well as extra judicial killings of innocent Nigerians by officers of the squad.
Although the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, announced the dissolution of SARS, the protests are still on.
Nigerians, unsatisfied with the dissolution of the police unit, are demanding a complete ban on the unit, prosecution of officers involved in the illegal acts as well as release of arrested protesters”. According to Amnesty International, 10 protesters have been killed by the police as the protests turned violent in some states.
In his statement, Mr Marafa urged the president to be wary of those who seek to “do away with this government” as the protests could lead to bigger problems.
“The president needs to shine his eyes and be very careful. The president may be playing into the hands of his enemies. My take is that some people are eager to do away with this government by anyhow”, he said.