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How the protest began... Many Nigerians have on several occasions shared their unpalatable experiences in the hands of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigerian Police but things got heated up a fortnight ago.The operatives of the police unit, established in 1984 to combat a rise in armed robbery, have been found culpable in cases of extortion, bribery, harassment, extrajudicial killings in the recent months. The recent case that generated the furore was that of a man, a suspect arrested by the police in Ughelli, Delta State, who allegedly fell off from a moving police vehicle and allegedly died afterwards. Although the report of the death was later dispelled by the state minister of labour and employment, Festus Keyamo, it did not pacify the people. This sparked agitations on social media and led to street protests in the oil-rich state. The social media campaign calling for the disbandment of the SARS became fully blown days after. It started with protest walks to Al...