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#ENDSARS: THE SUGAR AND THE BITTER PILLS

For the past 2 weeks in our dear country, Nigeria, we have witnessed with mixed emotions, the unfolding events that may mar or strengthen our country depending on how we manage it or what we make of it. I will simply tag it,the good, the bad,the ugly.  The Good The good is the best protest ever organised in Nigeria branded as:#ENDSARS which reverberated across the world to draw government attention to the excesses and the brutality of the police, particularly, the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS. I don’t need to bore you with a list of their excesses as their disbandment without a second thought by the president, shows that Nigerians are vindicated.Like  the president said, a vast majority of the men and women of the police force are good and had working, therefore they shouldn’t be demoralised but the bad eggs amongst them are indeed very very bad.I have a reason not to mention the organisers of this wonderful protest,#ENDSARS in my rider. It’s because