OSIBANJO FINALLY SCRAPS SARS
The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has ordered the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, to “overhaul the management and activities” of notorious Police unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
The entire populace, more especially people of south of the country [Nigeria] have been robbed, kidnaped, abused of extra judicial killings, extortion by intimidation, harassment to the people making them to live in constant fear that force everybody to go to social media to cry out.
In the statement issued by Osinbajo’s spokesperson, Mr. Laolu Akande, the Acting President ordered the IGP to shut down the unit “with immediate effect”.
The statement read, “Following persistent complaints and reports on the activities of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) that border on allegations of human rights violations, His Excellency, Professor Yemi Osinbajo SAN, Acting-President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, has directed the Inspector General of Police to, with immediate effect, overhaul the management and activities of SARS and ensure that any unit that will emerge from the process, will be intelligence-driven and restricted to the prevention and detection of armed robbery and kidnapping, and apprehension of offenders linked to the stated offences, and many more.”
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