write a letter to your friend telling him about the movement in Nigeria which led to the killings of the youths in Nigeria
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Lagos, Nigeria
For nearly two weeks angry young Nigerians have taken to the streets, blocking major roads across cities in Africa's most populous nation.
They marched in tens of thousands chanting "Enough is Enough" against police brutality and violence.
The group's initial demands were for a notorious police unit known as the Special Anti Robbery Squad, or SARS, to be shut down, but the marches have since morphed into protests campaigning for police reform and an end to bad governance in the oil-rich country.
One of the popular chants used during the protests was "soro soke," which means "speak up" in the country's Yoruba language.
It has become "an EndSARS battle cry... a tone of rebellion, a note of valid belligerency and a chant of unification in the Nigerian struggle against police brutality and terrible governance," wrote Motolani Alake, a journalist for Nigeria's Pulse newspaper.
Economic inequality has reached extreme levels in Nigeria, according to the United Nation Human Rights Commission, while Oxfam reported that in 2019 close to 70% of the country's population lives below the poverty line.
Young people under 30 make up more than 40% of Nigeria's population. They face severe hardship and chronic unemployment. According to Chatham House, "If Nigeria's unemployed youth were its own country, it would be larger than Tunisia or Belgium."
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Now with this protest movement, they are making their voices heard and speaking up against the violence, harassment, and extortion they say they have endured at the hands of SARS officers.