The scale, speed of escalation and enduring nature of the protests during the past ten days has caused growing alarm at state and federal government. Despite announcements initially suspending and then disbanding the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), protests have not only been sustained but have grown in attendance.
The hashtags of campaigns against Nigerian police impunity, specifically against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), have in recent days gone viral across social media platforms. This resulted during 8-10 October in wide ranging and enduring protest in a number of large cities, state capitals, Lagos and Abuja.
EM-ONE is an engineering, technology, and consulting firm with over ten years of experience delivering sustainable energy solutions and smart electricity infrastructure to Nigeria. They design and build solar microgrids for small and rural communities as well as for more extensive commercial & industrial off-takers. As such, their work takes them into some of the most unstable and dangerous parts of the country, in pursuit of donor-funded projects to bring rural electrification to the most needed parts of the country.
Rising insecurity across local government areas in Sokoto state. Sokoto State is in the Northwestern part of Nigeria and is most recently, experiencing repeated cases of banditry associated with kidnap for ransom across some local government areas.
Ibrahim Bulle has been working for Spearfish since 2018. Based in Nairobi, Kenya – Ibrahim works with our clients across the region including Ethiopia. He loves to read and an avid fan of Investigative documentaries.
Austen Pabor is our Regional Security Advisor for West Africa. Based in Abuja, Nigeria. Austen has worked for Spearfish for 4 years and his role has grown with the company. When he is not working you might find him on the football pitch or watching Judge Judy.
