A coalition of civil society groups are currently holding rallies nationwide to press home their demand for the dismantling of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad by the police authorities for alleged high-handedness.

The rally is holding in Abuja ​​​at the Unity Fountain; Lagos – ​​​Gani-Fawehinmi Park, Ojota; Warri – ​​​Enerhen Junction; Jos​​​ – Polo Terminus and Port Harcourt​​ – Garrison Junction.

The peaceful protest would also take place in Kaduna​​ – Murtala Square; Ibadan​​ – Mokola Junction and Awka​​​ – Wetheral/Okigwe Road Roundabout, the coalition said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.

The organisers of the protests included Convener #EndSARS, Segun Awonsonya; Convener, Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, Coordinator, Coalition in Defence of Nigerian Democracy, Ariyo Atoye; Adebayo Raphael of the OurMumuDonDo Movement, and Abdul Mahmud and Bako Usman of the Campaign for Democracy.