Protests Against Police Brutality Spread Across Nigerian Cities

Protesters gather calling for the scrapping of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, "SARS," police unit, in Ikeja, Nigeria on Oct. 8.

Photographer: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images
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Protests against the excesses of a Nigerian police unit are spreading across the West African nation’s major cities, with the death of an officer reported in one incident, authorities said.