JargoKush talks about police brutality, #EndSARS

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JargoKush

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By Taiwo Okanlawon

Nigerian artiste based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Clifford Dickson Idemive professionally known as JargoKush has spoken about police brutality in the country and how it has become a menace in society.

The Kush Empire Entertainment record label boss shared his views while narrating his fair share of police brutality in Nigeria.

Sharing one of the ugly incidents, JargoKush revealed that he once spent three days in the police cell for doing nothing.

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He said; “Back in Nigeria I have had a couple of unfriendly encounters with the police, the police have arrested me and put me in their cell for 3 days and my parents had to come to bail me out.

“Even here in South Africa, I have had a lot of police unpleasant encounters, it is sad,” he added.

The protests that happened in October 2020 across Nigeria are in response to the outcry from young people in the country who say the police unit known as the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) is responsible for kidnapping, harassment, and extortion, as Travel Noire previously reported.

Around the world, celebrities spoke out against Lagos’s violence through the #EndSARS movement on social media, and many megastars, including Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Burna Boy, and WizKid, supported the movement too.

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