Following the #EndSARS campaign against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a sports reporter and presenter at Sports Radio Brila FM, Ohagwu Timon ChukwuEmeka, has recounted his encounter with the security operatives while returning from Uyo, Akwa Ibom state where he had gone to cover the World Cup qualifiers against Zambia...

SARS operatives have been accused by Nigerians of brutality, molestation and extortion - hence the campaign to 'end the anti-robbery unit'...

Read below what the Sports presenter, ChukwuEmeka shared on Facebook;

My SARS Experience

I was returning from Uyo after the World Cup qualifiers against Zambia. Somewhere along the journey, I decided to buy bottle water to quench my thirst, then the film started

Act One, Scene One: It was a SARS check point, and I was buying one bottle water with 1000naira, the guy's eyes came alive, and he said to me, "Starboy abeg come down come show me your bag"

Well, even as a journalist I understand not to argue with anyone with a gun adiamama, so I came down, showed him my bag. He signalled the others like, "Maga don land"

They became courteous, carried my bags for me into their office, one of them started questioning me, "Confess wetin dey your bag before we start to search", I had nothing on me and did not know how they would react if I told them I was a journalist, so I held back and allowed them play their hand..

One of them rushed in, overtly excited and screamed at the one questioning me, "Collect him phone search am na, na Starboy wey him be"... I decided I had had enough, and told them I was a journalist who went to Uyo to cover the Super Eagles game, the mood in room changed immediately, then I brought out my ID, in that moment they discovered I was a pressman

The man who rushed into the room was crestfallen, he left immediately in disappointment, obviously to go look for the next victim, the one questioning me looked at me and said, "Super Eagles win nahh, na una Amaju give all the money, me self nah Nigerian"

In that moment, the one at the checkpoint walked into the room and said,, "Oga Pressman, make we at least share that water change", as an Eko boy, I knew there was no leaving there without parting ways with something, so with 500naira and a handshake the producer screamed cut, and the movie was over...

I was lucky, many others are not that lucky, though I believe a whollistic reform is more realistic...

I nevertheless join millions of Nigerians to say #ENDSARSNOW

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/12/journalist-recounts-ordeal-sars-operatives-returning-official-duty.html

Serious dem no dey call Nigerians" Village people "for fun. If them mean you u don die be that. SARS own don too much. Now different people dey come out recount experience.


Don't be surprised if trump tweet #endSars

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My friend Udeme nah Starboy true true

#EndSARS

When is the sequel?

Na real star boy

It seems 75% of Nigerians had had a bitter experience with these licensed armed robbers a.k.a SARS?? God help me oh, I no get strength oh

In as much as I don't subscribe to SARS brutality and extortion as their method of policing, I still prefer we use #REFORMSARS not #ENDSARS.

Cos we still have to check crime. Unless we want criminals to roam freely

Which one be "starboy abeg come down come show me your bag" "Maga don land" like agbero.

SARS is a disgrace to Nigeria.

SARS are doing well but the bad eggs among them are really painting them black.
They stationed their vehicle infront of almost banks around my hood hunting for yahuu boys and you see them harassing everybody. To carry phone is a big problem not to talk of other gadgets.
You cannot buy new cloth again because of Sars.

Naija don tire me.

nawao.
Naija we hail thee..

Heheh na una go still beg them to come back
When all this cultist will prevail

hmmm

mumu story. Star boy ko moon boy ni
#donotendsars

SARS

Nairalnaders should brace up to read more experiences with SARS from other people in my village. there is a enough seat.

Star boy ;DStar boy

This #EndSARS will mark the beginning of the end of SARS. I saw this on twitter and I thought I share.

#EndSasBrutality not #EndSas.


At least when you identified yourself they left you.


While some people have genuine concerns about SARS, some are scared of being caught like a fraudster selling emails to scammers.

Lol...
That part "starboy" got me laughing so hard .

did I just see #reform SARS

Cheap Popularities Everywhere

Hmmm

J

WE WILL HAVE A COMPENDIUM.

SCARRY ENCOUNTERS WITH THE WORST POLICE FORCE IN THE WORLD

STORY 1

I have been following the SARS story for awhile and to be candid, I had a brush on with them recently. They stopped me and a friend, and after not seeing anything on us, told me my ID card is fake and I need to call the owner of the company to bail me out. I told them I own the business and they said they want to see the documents of registration. I told them OK, I will go and bring it, while my friend waits in the vehicle. They said delay of procurement of evidence is a crime. I was confused. Funny, this people wasted my time and made me lose a customer that day. The worse is they collected hard earned 12k from me and I had to even fill out a statement in their useless Sango, Ogun state branch.



STORY 2
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I was driving home to my street in Bode Peters at Anthony on Friday evening when I saw them parked besides the road leading inside hotel new castle, they stoped a young man living my street,1 of them said 'oyinbo come here.'
The boy went to meet them and the next thing they were pushing him inside a danfo. The boy called me and I parked my vehicle to come plead that Emeka is a shop attendant and his uncle shop is along my street. One of this riffraff slapped me. And before he realized, I slapped him twice.the bastard brought out his gun said he was going to kill me.i spent several hours in their dirty vehicle while they threatened to kill me.they broke my phone and I am still pursuing this case.i saw one of these animals at the Charlie boy police station but he denied he has never seen me.the DPO is sheilding them but I will get justice. SARS are killers and a danger to any sane country.



STORY 3

The bastard who slapped a woman because I pledded for a neighbours attendant name is Festus.the others were begging him saying Festus you cant shoot her,people are camering us.meaning if people weren't there,they would have wasted.one of them went through my bag and thief even stole my ATM card and I was lucky they couldn't get the pin.can you imagine police men operating like this.


STORY 4


I remembered when they arrested a church uncle who happens to be a transporter. They stopped him and wanted to use his bus for their useless raid they go for without buying him fuel nor compensating him for the man hours he will lose in the course of their useless raid of innocent people. So he declined and politely told them he was on his hustle and he has a target to meet in order to feed his family and remain a law abiding citizen.
They changed it for him, threatened fire and brimstone and said they want to search his vehicle. That was how they planted a bullet shell casing in the vehicle and called each other to come and see what they found. They said he was a thief and his vehicle is usually taken on robbery expedition.
They took him in to their office at ikeja and it was a serious case. He spent several months in cells like cage. I mean cells so small they couldn't sit upright in it. He narrated how people would be asked to go and pick something in the corridor and they are used as target practise by trigger happy daredevil sars officers. He recounted numbers of his fellow inmates that died in such fashion.
We prayed and prayed, got him a lawyer and forced them to take him to court after several months. The judge just threw the case out of court for lack of evidence, ordered his bus be returned (the bus was now in a bad shape cos they keep using it for raid without maintaining it since the owner is in their custody).
He had to be admitted in the hospital after his release and the daredevil sars guys just walked free. Smh



STORY 5

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Scene 2 nko? We have finished reading Scene 1. Actually, I thought that Scene 2 will follow after Scene 1.

Most of these SARS operatives need a full comprehensive psychiatric test to determine there health status.
The way they molest and waste innocent peoples life are questionable

I just hope the authorities concerned will look into the extra judicial killings allegations on SARS and fish out the evil ones among them; meted out the punishment they deserve to serve as a deterrent to others....

SARS....using legal cover to perpetrate illegal acts.