The website of the Nigeria police force (NPF) is currently
offline as protests against the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) continue
across the country.
Checks on Saturday revealed that the website,
www.npf.gov.ng, was not available.
On the police website was the message: “This Account has
been suspended. Contact your hosting provider for more information.”
The development is one in a series of targeted attacks against the website and social media accounts of government-owned institutions.
On Thursday night, the Twitter handle of the National
Broadcasting Commission was taken over by the ‘Anonymous’ hackers.
“We #Anonymous have taken over all the NG Official Twitter’s
Account to support #ENDPOLICEBRUTALITY.
WE’RE TOGETHER WITH NIGERIANS. EXPECT UNEXPECTED,” the group had written on the
Twitter handle of the NBC.
As the ‘Anonymous’ hackers continued to tweet in support of
the #EndSARS movement through the NBC Twitter account, the website of the
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was also down for a while on Friday, but was
later recovered.
The youth have taken to the streets for more than one week
now, calling for reforms within the police force.
Although Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of police, has
announced the disbandment of the SARS unit and announced the creation of the
special weapon and tactics (SWAT) team as a replacement, the youth have
insisted on a total reform of the force, as well as better welfare for the
citizens.
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