EndSARS protesters attacked 205 public, private facilities, police claim
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mohammed Adamu, on Friday, said 205 critical national security assets, corporate facilities and private property were burnt or vandalized during the EndSARS protest in the country.
Adamu stated this on Friday in Abuja during a virtual conference with senior police officers in the country.
He said statistics collated between Oct. 11 when the protest assumed a national dimension and October 27 indicated that 14 states recorded major violence.
Adamu said the states are Lagos, Edo, Delta, Oyo, Kano, Plateau, Osun, Ondo, Ogun, Rivers, Abia, Imo, Ekiti and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
He said the violence had resulted to attacks on critical national security infrastructure and other corporate and private properties as well as injuries or fatalities to civilians, the police and other security agents.
The police boss said 71 public warehouses and 248 privately owned stores were looted in the course of the protests nationwide.
He said that 51 civilian fatalities with 37 injured and 22 policemen gruesomely murdered with 26 others injured were recorded during the protest.
Adamu said that 10 firearms including eight AK 47 rifles carted away during the attack on Police Stations, and a locally made pistol had been recovered from elements operating under the guise of the EndSARS protest.
The I-G said 1,596 suspects had so far been arrested in connection with the violence and widespread looting across the country.
Adamu, who said 10 suspects were arrested in Rivers and four in Ondo State, added that 1,117 of the suspects had been charged to courts across the country.
Meanwhile, It was been reported that the claims by Amnesty International (AI) that security officers including soldiers infringed on the rights of Nigerian youths during the EndSARS protests was on Friday, October 30 refuted by Nigerian police..
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, noted that the allegations of the AI are not true as officers displayed commendable restraints and acts of professionalism in the discharge of their duties.
The NPF boss noted that contrary to viral claims, not less than 22 officers were killed by protesters in some parts of the country.
Even more, he revealed that 205 police stations and formations, including other critical private and public infrastructure, were also damaged by a section of the protesters.
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