The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has dissolved the infamous subunit of the force, the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS). ...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has
dissolved the infamous subunit of the force, the Special Anti-robbery Squad
(SARS).
Adamu made the announcement of the dissolution on Sunday,
days after a public outcry and series of protests demanding a scrapping of the
unit over allegations of brutality and human rights violations.
“The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigerian Police,
otherwise known as SARS, is hereby dissolved across all formations, the 36
state police command and the Federal Capital Territory where they currently
exists,” the IGP said.
Also in a statement, the Force Public Relations Office,
Force Headquarters, Dcp Frank Mba, noted that “the dissolution of SARS is in
response to the yearnings of the Nigerian people”.
He explained that “the Force is not oblivious of the
ever-present need to combat armed robbery, kidnapping and other violent crimes
in the country which was before now the core mandate of the erstwhile Squad”.
Mba, therefore, assured that that a new policing arrangement
to address anticipated policing gaps which the dissolution of SARS would cause,
has been evolved and shall be announced in due course.
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