The Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force has been disbanded.
The disbandment was announced by the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, The PUNCH reports.
He said the operatives will be redeployed to other police formations and commands.
Adamu announced this in a live broadcast on Sunday afternoon.
The announcement came after days of online and offline protests against
the brutality and extra-judicial killings by SARS operatives nationwide.
At the briefing, the IGP said, “The Federal Special Anti-Robbery
Squad of the Nigeria Police Force otherwise known as SARS is hereby
dissolved in all the 36 State Police Commands and the Federal Capital
Territory.”
The briefing was immediately followed by a statement signed by Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba.
The statement titled, ‘IGP Dissolves The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)’, partly read, “The
IGP, while noting that the dissolution of SARS is in response to the
yearnings of the Nigerian people, observes that by this dissolution, all
officers and men of the now-defunct Special Anti-robbery Squad are
being redeployed with immediate effect.
“The IGP notes 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.”
Done deal! Kudos! pic.twitter.com/eLmvLSlTQO
— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) October 11, 2020
Now SARS has been dissolved and the first stage of #EndSARS achieved, we can now discuss reforms. ALL the officers from the dissolved SARS would need to undergo psychiatric evaluation before being deployed anywhere else. Any one unfit or with a record of abuse should be sacked. https://t.co/hrSqjUftlK
— Dr. Joe Abah (@DrJoeAbah) October 11, 2020
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