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Yomi Shogunle Under Fire For Asking For 186 Million Retweets To End SARS

By Njideka Agbo
27 July 2018   |   11:24 am
Yomi Shogunle, the Assistant Commissioner Of Police has come under fire for tweeting about the Special Anti-Robbery Squad #EndSARS campaign. Shogunle has always stated that he is a firm believer that videos surfacing on the internet about SARS are mere allegations against the Police institution. He has also restated that there must be a burden…

Yomi Shogunle, the Assistant Commissioner Of Police has come under fire for tweeting about the Special Anti-Robbery Squad #EndSARS campaign.

Shogunle has always stated that he is a firm believer that videos surfacing on the internet about SARS are mere allegations against the Police institution. He has also restated that there must be a burden of proof to show that there was a brutality.

However, he finally agreed to #EndSARS on the condition that Nigerians retweet his #EndSARS tweet 186 million times:

Aggreived Nigerians have expressed their disappointment on Twitter:

Some have a different opinion:

Apparently, all that the public has written has gone “back to sender”

At the time of writing, the tweet has generated 6.3 thousand retweets

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