Popular @ENDSARS critic Buhun Barkonun dies in Abuja hotel
Yunusa Ahmadu Yusuf, popularly known as Buhun Barkonun, a prominent critic of the #EndSARS protests in October 2020, has died during a hotel encounter with a woman in Abuja. He was 47.
The #EndSARS movement was a nationwide protest demanding the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a police unit notorious for brutality and extrajudicial killings. It also sought broader reforms to end systemic police violence in Nigeria.
Yusuf, who served as Senior Special Assistant on Community Development to the Chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Christopher Zakka Maikalangu, reportedly died days after lodging in the hotel on Tuesday, September 8, 2025, in the Karu-Jikwoyi area of the Federal Capital Territory.
As of time of filling this report, details of his death is still unknown.
