Outcry in Nigeria over footage of shooting by notorious police unit

Deluge of stories about Sars' unit's alleged brutality has been posted on social media

Graphic footage showing officers from Nigeria's Sars" police unit dragging two men from a hotel in Lagos and shooting one of them in the street has sparked mass fury across the country and fuelled long-held demands for reform.

In the disturbing footage taken by visitors at a hotel and posted on to social media on Saturday, armed officers of the Federal Special Anti Robbery Squad, commonly called Sars, can be seen dragging two limp bodies from the hotel compound into the street before one of the men is shot.