After rage trailed seeming brutality against young Nigerians, Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has condemned activities of the Police Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) in recent times.
Dare who redacted via his twitter handle on Sunday wrote, “While being a youth is not an excuse to commit crimes or escape the law, those in charge of Crime prevention must play by the book. I urge all Nigerian youth to continue to be law abiding & be assured that under President Buhari issues concerning them will engage the government. attention
“This government will not let that continue to happen. This morning I got assurances that the Police authorities will take necessary and definitive actions. SARS officers responsible for these systemic assaults on the Youth should be brought to book.
“If we stigmatise our youth as criminals, paint them all with one brush as ‘yahoo boys ‘within our borders, harass, attack & arrest them indiscriminately even before they get D chance to defend themselves-aren’t we as a country destroying their reputation and chances to succeed?”
