Despite the proscription of Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) by Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu on Monday, protests against the embattled SARS rocked Kaduna on Tuesday.
The protesters who carried different placards with various inscriptions were heard chanting “We are fed up with SARS”, “Scrap SARS totally” among others. Some of the placards carried by the protesters read: “This is not political, we are fed up with SARS”, “Nigerians are not armed robbers, we say no to SARS”, “SARS is a disgrace to our country”.
The protesters in their hundreds trekked from Station Roundabout under the watch of security forces made up of police, civil defence, among others and stopped by the water board area of Barnawa.
The protesters shared bottled water freely among themselves to cushion the effect of high temperature occasioned by the summer sunlight as they caused traffic holdup.
One of the leaders of the protesting youths, who refused to disclose his name said, “We have no specific leader, we are for Nigerians, we don’t need journalists now. When we need journalists, we will let you know.”
Customers at a nearby commercial bank ATM queue quickly cleared the area to avoid chaos on sighting the protesters.
