Three Chelsea players, Antonio Rudiger, Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori have joined Nigerian youths to campaign the ongoing #ENDSARS protest aimed at stopping police brutality and scrapping the controversial police unit.
The #ENDSARS movement presently is the most trending topic on social media in the world Sunday, October 11, 2020 as entertainment and sports personalities joined the movement using the hashtag to advance the conversations against police brutality in Nigeria.
As Nigerian youths took to the streets to press home their demands, three Chelsea players, two of whom are of Nigeria descent joined the protest online.
Yesterday, the club’s striker, Tammy Abraham and defender, Fikayo Tomori both took to Twitter to join the conversation using #ENDSARS and #Endpolicebrutality in their tweets.
Hours, after trending on Twitter for joining the protest, another Chelsea player, Antonio Rudiger called on Nigerian government to #endsars.
In his tweet, Rudiger, a German, who plays for the club as a centre back wondered why Nigerian police kill the youths, adding that police brutality has to end.
Police brutality in Nigeria needs attention. You do that to your own people.💔 It is so sad what is going on there. This has to end.
However, barely 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari told newsmen that he was making efforts to end police brutality, another Nigerian youth, Jimoh Isiaq was gunned down during the #ENDSARS protest on Saturday in Ogbomosho, Oyo state.
The police also shot at protesting youths at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, while some protesters in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital were arrested and taken to Elewe-eran police station.
