Muhammadu Buhari

==== End SARS protests ====
{{main|End SARS}}
In October 2020, protests against alleged police brutality of a special police unit of the [[Nigeria Police Force|Nigerian Police Force]] the [[Special Anti-Robbery Squad]] (SARS) erupted in Lagos and other major cities. The [[End SARS|End SARS movement]] with no centralised leadership beyond the small assembly that organized the initial protests, share similarities with the [[Occupy Nigeria|2012]] [[Occupy movement]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Attiah|first=Karen|title=Opinion: For the sake of democracy, Nigeria's #EndSars campaign against police brutality must prevail|language=en-US|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/13/sake-democracy-nigerias-endsars-campaign-against-police-brutality-must-prevail/|access-date=15 October 2020|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=14 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014210805/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/13/sake-democracy-nigerias-endsars-campaign-against-police-brutality-must-prevail/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 12 October, a day after demonstrators declared their demands Buhari announced the disbandment of SARS and promised "extensive police reforms".<ref>{{Cite news|date=12 October 2020|title=Sars ban: Two dead in Nigeria police brutality protests|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54506567|access-date=15 October 2020|archive-date=14 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014182855/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54506567|url-status=live}}</ref> Since independence in 1960, the Nigerian Police Force has been at the forefront of tackling organised crime in Nigeria with the recent spate of banditry, cultism, drug trafficking, fraud and kidnapping drastically affecting its personnel capacity,<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 August 2020|title=The price of underpolicing|url=https://www.thecable.ng/the-price-of-underpolicing|access-date=15 October 2020|website=TheCable|language=en-US|archive-date=4 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204194324/https://www.thecable.ng/the-price-of-underpolicing|url-status=live}}</ref> leaving a vacuum for SARS members to exploit and commit extrajudicial killings.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ukomadu|first=Felix Onuah, Angela|date=13 October 2020|title=Nigeria's Buhari promises police reform; one protester killed|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-protests-police-idUSKBN26X1RE|access-date=15 October 2020|archive-date=13 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013211014/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-protests-police-idUSKBN26X1RE|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 13 October [[Mohammed Adamu]] the [[Inspector General of Police (Nigeria)|Inspector General of Police]] announced the creation of a new unit the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) to take over the duties of SARS.<ref>{{Cite web|date=13 October 2020|title=IGP announces new squad "SWAT" to replace SARS|url=https://guardian.ng/news/igp-announces-new-squad-swat-to-replace-sars/|website=The Guardian|access-date=15 October 2020|archive-date=16 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016182919/https://guardian.ng/news/igp-announces-new-squad-swat-to-replace-sars/|url-status=live}}</ref> This move did not satisfy most demonstrators, who expected a substantial overhaul of the police structure.<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 October 2020|title=Nigeria's youth finds voice in police brutality protests|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20201014-nigeria-s-youth-finds-voice-in-police-brutality-protests|access-date=15 October 2020|website=France 24|language=en|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020162558/https://www.france24.com/en/20201014-nigeria-s-youth-finds-voice-in-police-brutality-protests|url-status=live}}</ref> On 14 October, the demonstrations continued with at least ten protestors being killed, and violent clashes occurring between pro-SARS and anti-SARS protesters with the elite [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Presidential Guard Brigade]] intervening in the federal capital.<ref>{{Cite web|date=13 October 2020|title=#ENDSARS: Soldiers attack Protesters, Journalists in Abuja|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/10/endsars-soldiers-attack-protesters-journalists-in-abuja/|access-date=15 October 2020|website=Vanguard News|language=en-US|archive-date=14 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014182201/https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/10/endsars-soldiers-attack-protesters-journalists-in-abuja/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 12 June 2021, there was a deployment of the Nigerian Police Force and the Nigerian Army to the streets, Nationwide to curb the planned protest by the Youths, The demonstration of this was to prevent the incidents from the End Sars Protest that happened October 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=End Sars |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/467285-june-12-protest-live-updates-from-nigerian-streets.html |website=Premuim Times |date=12 June 2021 |publisher=AZAGBA |access-date=12 June 2021 |archive-date=12 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612120734/https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/467285-june-12-protest-live-updates-from-nigerian-streets.html |url-status=live }}</ref>