{"id":35131,"date":"2020-10-13T14:41:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T14:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=35131"},"modified":"2020-10-13T14:41:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T14:41:51","slug":"endsars-protesters-shut-ile-ife-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=35131","title":{"rendered":"ENDSARS protesters shut Ile-Ife roads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image1-7.jpeg\" alt=\"ENDSARS protesters shut Ile-Ife roads\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hundreds of protesters on Tuesday shut down major roads in Ile Ife, Osun State to express their displeasure over harassment of youths by a notorious police unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The protesters on Tuesday, who gathered at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/oau-denies-report-it-is-planning-to-resume\/\">Obafemi Awolowo University<\/a>\u00a0campus gate, disrupted vehicular movements in major areas of the town, causing gridlock at Mayfair Roundabout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the protesters were students of the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ile Ife\u2019s protest is coming after some protesters shut the entrance gate of the state government secretariat in Osogbo, the Osun capital yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inspector-general of police, Mohammed Adamu, on Sunday dissolved SARS, adding that major reforms will be carried out in the Nigerian police, but this was not enough to quell the unrest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of protesters on Tuesday shut down major roads in Ile Ife, Osun State to express their displeasure over harassment of youths by a notorious police unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). 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