Nigerian actress Toyin Abraham has recently taken to her social media page to reveal why she is in support of the ongoing EndSARS protest in the country.

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Toyin shared a touching story of her family friend who was a victim of Police brutality. According to the actress, her friend known as Nike Adekanle was hit by a stray bullet from a police officer in 1996.

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The actress further revealed that her friend was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life after she was hit by the bullet in Apata, Ibadan adding that Nike spent almost a year at the  hospital and the police didn’t help with the payment of her bill while in the hospital nor came around to check on her.

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Toyin shared the photo of her friend Nike on a wheel chair and wrote:“This is my family friend Adenike @nikeadekanle .. She wasn’t born like this, it was a stray bullet from the Nigeria police on the 23rd of July 1996 around 3pm in Apata Ibadan and she was in the hospital for over a year. Not even a call or check up or Bill payment by the police.

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{P.s- I had to get her permission to do this }

#endpolicebrutality.”

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