The police have said that no member of the now-defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) will be a part of the newly constituted Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team. Following a very intense protest that has lasted for days, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, dissolved the infamous subunit of the force, SARS. Two days after
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The Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, has declared that no Police officer of any unit should henceforth look into people’s phones. It was gathered that the IGP made this statement at a press briefing, in Abuja. The information is coming on the heels of the #ENDSARS protest, currently ongoing nationwide. His statement reads, “The
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The Court of Appeal has declared the Police Act 2020, enacted in September 2020 as it affects the mandate of the Police Service Commission (PSC) is unconstitutional and void. The provision of the Act, it ruled, is in conflict with paragraph 30 Part 1 of the Third Schedule to the 1999 Constitution which empowers the
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THE last may not have been heard of the alleged scandal against former Minister of State for Education Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi. Office of the Inspector General of Police, through the Monitoring Unit in an October 5 letter signed by Nuhu Hamidu (CSP), has invited masterminds of the video for interrogation. The Urhobo high chief was
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In line with the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Abubakar Adamu’s directives towards ongoing reforms of Nigeria Police Force, especially as it concerns the activities of the Federal Special Anti-robbery Squad, FSARS, and other special tactical units of the force, the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr. John Bassey Abang, has warned the personnel to respect
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Three teenage girls were on Friday found wandering at different locations in Anambra State. Two of the girls, Blessing Nwobodo, 15 and Chinenye Ezenwuba, 13 were found along Nnewi/Oba road and could neither locate their way back home nor state where they came from. The third girl, Uloamaka, 14 was also said not to know
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The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the dismissal of 10 senior Police Officers and reduction in rank of nine others.According to a statement by the Head, Press and Public Relations of the Commission, Ikechukwu Ani, on Friday, the decision, among others, was taken at its 9th Plenary Meeting which held in Abuja on Monday,
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The Police Command in Rivers says it has inaugurated a Task Team to enforce the reformation of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) under the command. The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu had directed the reformation of SARS following allegations of extra-judicial killings, extortion and harassment of citizens in the unit. The Commissioner of Police in
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The Commissioner of Police, Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Imohimi Edgal, has said firearms would henceforth only be issued to operatives on guard duty or those responding to violent crimes. Edgal said this was in line with directives of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to curb the issues of human rights abuses leveled against
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The Delta Police Command on Monday, dismissed a video clip alleging that operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) shot a man to death in Ughelli town, in the Ughelli South local government area of the state.The Command spokesperson, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, said in a statement on Monday in Asaba, that the video, which went
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The Police Command in Zamfara has confirmed the selection of 3,850 indigenes of the state to be trained as Special Constables, to assist in the fight against banditry and other crimes in the state. The command announced this in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, SP Shehu Mohammed, and made available to newsmen in
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The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, yesterday warned Commissioner in charge of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, FSARS, state police commissioners and Zonal Inspectors-General of Police that they will be held liable for misconduct of SARS operatives in their areas of responsibility. This came as operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, narrowly escaped death
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With very stern assurances that the Boko Haram insurgency would end in just 90 days, if given the permission to engage the terrorists, the South West security outfit, Operation Amotekun, has offered to help the Federal Government and the Borno State Government in the task of ending the insurgency, without firing a gunshot. These assurances
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By: Awesome Ekene, Uche Ndeke Traders at the Medicine Dealers International market, popularly called Ogbogwu, Bridge head, Onitsha, Anambra state have donated three operational vehicles and office furniture to the newly created Zone 13, Ukpo, Local Government Area of the state. Chairman of the Market, Chief Donatus Ajamma said the gesture was to enable the
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Anambra state Co-ordinator, National Youth Service Corps, Mr. Kehinde Aremu on Wednesday absolved the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) operatives of the alleged brutality of a female corps member in Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state. He said the act was carried out by the Special Anti-Cult Squad (SPACS), who he said had apologized. An
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