#EndSARS protesters demonstrating against police brutality and extrajudicial killings in the country on Monday took to the Lagos airport to ground activities to a standstill.
Thousands of Nigerians gathered on Sunday for a vigil to remember those who lost their lives at the hands of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) — a police unit accused of brutality and human rights crimes.
#EndSARS, the 2018-created hashtag by Nigerian youth whose social media movement against police brutality resurfaced last week garnering 1.5 million tweets in one weekend to culminate offline into one of the largest protests the country has seen in a decade.
The governor of Nigeria's Lagos State has pledged to take action against a notorious police unit which has been widely accused of committing human rights abuses.
