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#EndSARS Protest: Day 3, UK govt reacts to protest.

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#EndSARS Protest, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has reacted to the  protests going on all over the country.

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In a tweet from her verified handle, she noted that “peaceful protests are powerful”.

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She said that the recently passed Police Act by President Muhammadu Buhari, should provide a good foundation for accountable community police force.

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“Significant protests over #SARS demonstrating Nigerian people’s desire for police reform.

 

“The Police Act recently passed by @MBuhari provides a good foundation to build a more accountable community police force,” Laing wrote.

 

On Friday, men of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) threw teargas canisters at peaceful protesters in Abuja.

 

The police tear-gassed the protesters in a bid to disperse them.