website of the Nigeria police force (NPF) is
currently offline as protests against the special
anti-robbery squad (SARS) continue across the
country.

Checks by TheCable on Saturday revealed that
the website, www.npf.gov.ng, was not available
— the website went offline on Thursday.

On the police website was the message: “This
Account has been suspended. Contact your
hosting provider for more information.”

The development is one in a series of targeted
attacks against the websites and social media
accounts of government-owned institutions.

On Thursday night, the Twitter handle of the
National Broadcasting Commission was taken
over by the ‘Anonymous’ hackers .

“We #Anonymous have taken over all the NG
Official Twitter’s Account to support
#ENDPOLICEBRUTALITY. WE’RE TOGETHER WITH
NIGERIANS. EXPECT UNEXPECTED,” the group
had written on the Twitter handle of the NBC.

As the ‘Anonymous’ hackers continued to tweet
in support of the #EndSARS movement through
the NBC account, the website of the Central
Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was also down for a while
on Friday, but was later recovered.

The youth have taken to the streets for more
than one week now, calling for reforms within
the police force.

Although Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of
police, has announced the disbandment of the
SARS unit and announced the creation of the
special weapon and tactics (SWAT) team as a
replacement, the youth have insisted on a total
reform of the force, as well as better welfare
for the citizens.

We #Anonymous have taken over all the NG
Official Twitter’s Account to support
#ENDPOLICEBRUTALITY. WE’RE TOGETHER WITH
NIGERIANS. EXPECT UNEXPECTED,” the group
had written on the Twitter handle of the NBC.