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Three Chelsea players have called on Nigerian government to #ENDSARS.

Chelsea players support Nigerian youths on #ENDSARS protest | Pulse Nigeria

Bayo Wahab

<h1>Players of Chelsea Football Club have lent their voices to the ongoing #ENDSARS protest in Nigeria.&nbsp;</h1>

<p>The #ENDSARS campaign according to the BBCAfrica was the most trending topic on social media in the world on Friday, October 9, 2020, as entertainment and sports personalities <a href="https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/endsars-gains-more-support-as-nigerians-in-canada-us-and-uk-join-protest/b20bej8">joined the movement using the hashtag</a> to advance the conversations  against police brutality in Nigeria.&nbsp;</p>

<p>As Nigerian youths took to the streets to press home their demands, three Chelsea players, two of whom are of Nigeria descent joined the protest online.</p>

<p>On Saturday, the club’s striker, <strong>Tammy Abraham</strong> and defender, <strong>Fikayo Tomori </strong>both took to Twitter to join the conversation using #ENDSARS and #Endpolicebrutality in their tweets.</p>

<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dear Nigeria <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EndSARS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EndSARS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EndPoliceBrutality?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EndPoliceBrutality</a> 🙏🏾🇳🇬💔</p>&mdash; Tammy Abraham (@tammyabraham) <a href="https://twitter.com/tammyabraham/status/1314951324971282433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EndSARS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EndSARS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EndPoliceBrutality?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EndPoliceBrutality</a> 🇳🇬🙏🏾💔.</p>&mdash; Fikayo Tomori (@fikayotomori_) <a href="https://twitter.com/fikayotomori_/status/1314915569544691714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p>Hours, after trending on Twitter for joining the protest, another Chelsea player, <strong>Antonio Rudiger</strong> called on Nigerian government to #endsars.</p>

Antonio Rudiger supports Nigerians youths on #endsars protests. (onefootball)

Chelsea's German defender Antonio Rudiger says more must be done to combat racism at football grounds in Germany after two incidents in February.

<p>In his tweet, Rudiger, a German, who plays for the club as a centre back wondered why Nigerian police kill the youths, adding that police brutality has to end.&nbsp;</p>

<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Police brutality in Nigeria needs attention. You do that to your own people.💔 It is so sad what is going on there. 🇳🇬 This has to end ❌🙏🏾 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PeaceFirst?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PeaceFirst</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EndSARS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EndSARS</a></p>&mdash; Antonio Rüdiger (@ToniRuediger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ToniRuediger/status/1315063836030971909?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p>However, barely 24 hours after <strong>President Muhammadu Buhari</strong> told the nation that he was making efforts to end police brutality, another Nigerian youth, <strong>Jimoh Isiaq </strong>was <a href="https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/endsars-protesters-besiege-force-hq-as-police-kill-another-youth-in-ogbomosho/me9kh77">gunned down during the #ENDSARS protest</a> on Saturday in Ogbomosho, Oyo state.</p>

<p>The police also shot at protesting youths at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, while some protesters in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital were arrested and taken to Elewe-eran police station.</p>

Fikayo Tomori and Tammy Abraham have lent their voices to the ongoing  #ENDSARS protests in Nigeria. (Flipboard)

Chelsea players support Nigerian youths on #ENDSARS protest

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