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EndSARS: Protesters attacked 205 public, private facilities, police claim
Oct 30, 2020
- About 205 public and private facilities were destroyed during the EndSARS protest according to the police
- According to police IG, 14 states recorded major violence during the protest
- Going further, the police boss said 71 public warehouses and 248 privately owned stores were looted in the course of the protests nationwide
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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.
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