Police Brutality, Human Rights Violations and the 2020 #EndSARS Protests in Lagos, Nigeria

This study examines the factors responsible for the outbreak of the #EndSARS protest in Lagos, Nigeria. Relying on primary sources of data (questionnaires and Focus Group Discussions), correlation, regression and content analysis were employed to establish (i) the relationship between human rights v...

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Published in2023 International Conference on Science, Engineering and Business for Sustainable Development Goals (SEB-SDG) Vol. 1; pp. 1 - 9
Main Authors Iseolorunkanmi, Ojo Joseph, Awolesi, Olasumbo M., Henry, Nweke-Love, Gbenga, Owoeye, Akinojo, Ibukun C., Olanrewaju, Olorunfemi A.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 05.04.2023
Subjects
Business
Correlation
EndSARS Protests
Government
Human Rights
Law enforcement
Nigeria
Police Brutality
Security
Sustainable development
Violations
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Summary:This study examines the factors responsible for the outbreak of the #EndSARS protest in Lagos, Nigeria. Relying on primary sources of data (questionnaires and Focus Group Discussions), correlation, regression and content analysis were employed to establish (i) the relationship between human rights violations and protest outbreak; (ii) the relationship between the repressive response of the government to protest and protest transformation from peaceful to violent one as well as manifestation of criminality. The results show that there exists a strong positive relationship between human rights violations and protest outbreaks and between the repressive response of the state's security agencies and protest transformation.
DOI:10.1109/SEB-SDG57117.2023.10124500