The #EndSARS Protest and Violence in Calabar

This study seeks to unveil the factors which fuelled the violence associated with the EndSARS Protest in Calabar, Nigeria. The study is grounded on Human Security, and adopts survey research design. Data are collated through structured questionnaire designed for the study. The data are presented quantitatively and analyzed with Pearson Correlation tool, using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 21.The study reveals that beyond Police brutality laid peculiar socio-economic and political factors inherent in human security, which fuelled and sustained the violence associated with the protest in Calabar. These factors include: political decay, perceived governmental corruption, dearth of public goods, nepotism, unemployment, and acute poverty, exacerbated by the lock down of the COVD-19 Pandemic, as well as the perceived hoarding of the COVID-19 palliative items by the government. This study therefore recommends holistic police reform in the country, and the institutionalization of good governance in every tier of government in Nigeria, since human security has become the focal point of public discourses and actions in the country.