Following series of outcries from social media youths in the country, the acting president Professor Yemi Osinbajo has ordered the immediate overhauling of the dreaded unit of the Nigerian Police, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad.
In a statement signed by his media aide Laolu Akande, the acting president ordered the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris 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 nothing more.”
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