EndSARS Protest in Nigeria: A Call for Nation Building

Abstract

No nation survives without security, which is the protection of lives and properties. For any country to engage successfully in nation-building, adequate security remains a sine quo non, and to achieve this, nations whose leaders knows their onions try to steer their countries clear from issues that would brew insecurity, especially at the domestic level. Internal insecurity is a bane to nation-building. The EndSARS protest added a new dimension to Nigeria domestic insecurity. A country battling already with insecurity challenges of Boko Haram terrorism, Killer Herdsmen, Banditry, Armed robbery and Kidnapping should not have afforded to allow another avoidable domestic upheaval, especially from her youths, the future of the nation and a major player in the process of nation-building. This study tries to look at the implications of EndSARS to nation-building in Nigeria by looking through the timeline of its cause and course. Oral interviews, personal visits, observations and relevant literature were used as sources of data collection. The method adopted was historical narrative, with thematic and analytic approach. The study sees the EndSARS as a revolutionary movement against bad governance in Nigeria and will attempt to proffer solutions to forestall future occurrence. It concludes with recommendations on how to handle the aftereffects of the EndSARS in form of the lessons, remedies and panacea to the benefit of nation-building in Nigeria.