Protests continue after Nigerian government pledges to dissolve SARS police unit

Protests to put pressure on the government have continued, after the office of Nigeria's president pledged to dissolve the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad SARS police unit.

Presidential spokesman Garba Shehu tells Bola Mosuro that the dissolution of SARS is "the first step to extensive police reforms".

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(Photo: Anti-SARS police demonstrators in Lagos, the day after the government pledged to disband the controversial unit, Credit: PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images)