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#EndSARS protesters in Lagos have shut down the Iwo Road and the Alausa ends of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, halting the flow of traffic in both cities. 

The protesters in their thousands are currently chanting their simple demand: “End SARS now”.

TheCable is live at the protest, and you can watch the demonstration via our Facebook stream here.

Over the past week, Nigerian youths at home and abroad have been protesting against police brutality which has been ongoing for decades.

The youths are asking that the federal government scrap the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the force for its indiscriminate use of force, which has led to the deaths of numerous Nigerians.

Mohammed Adamu, the inspector general of police, on Sunday evening dissolved the special police unit with a promise to redeploy the officers to other units.

Since the dissolution, there have been cases of police brutality across different parts of the nation.

In Ibadan, protesters have shut down the entrance and exit to Iwo Road, stopping the flow of traffic from Ife, Ikire, Iwo, Oyo town, and Lagos.

Iwo Road

Workers of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) are begging the protesters to allow filled-up buses and cars leave for Lagos.

At the scene in Iwo Road, a private vehicle driver offered the protesters some money to let him go, but they declined.

The federal government on Tuesday accepted the five-point demand of the protesters nationwide.