Undercurrents: The impact of #EndSARS

Will the recent protests against police corruption in Nigeria lead to tangible reforms?

Audio Published 28 May 2021 60 minute listen

Amrit Swali

Former Research Associate, International Security Programme

Tolu A. Oni

Young Adviser

In this episode, Undercurrents has teamed up with Saferworld’s Warpod to discuss security forces in Nigeria and the role played by young people in trying to bring about change. The episode is broken into two halves. Abigail Watson and Delina Goxho are first joined by Tarela Ike from Teesside University and Odeh Friday from Accountability Lab. They discuss the problems with responses to Boko Haram in the North East of the country and the recent EndSars movement.  

Then Amrit Swali speaks to Mariam Haruna, a member of Chatham House’s Common Futures Conversations, and Tolu A. Oni, a member of Chatham House’s Panel of Young Advisers, about their experiences of the EndSARS movement in 2020, the role of social media in the protests and how to move towards sustainable change in policing structures.  The episode can also be listened to on the Saferworld website.

Please note the views and opinions expressed during this podcast are those of the contributors featured. They are not the views or opinions of Saferworld or Chatham House.