The Special Anti-Robbery Squad

SARS - A Social Malaise, Nigerian Police Is Profiting From

SARS/SWAT: A Social Malaise, Nigerian Police Is Profiting From

October 13, 2020 1:57 pm

The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) now known as the Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) unit of the Nigeria Police Force is one of the 14 units under the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID). The unit is charged with the prevention and investigation of armed robbery, one of the most serious crimes committed on Nigerian soil. While most Nigerians, including many policemen, cannot identify any of the other 13 sections under the FCID, the acronym SARS is known countrywide. Frequently dressed in plain clothes, the operatives of SARS have proven to be the most unruly and brutal unit in any security …

Details Of IGP Muhammed Adamu’s SARS Dissolution

October 11, 2020 10:14 am

The Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, has been disbanded. Mohammed Adamu, the Inspector-General of Police, made the announcement on Sunday afternoon.

This follows days of nationwide protest against the police operation.

Nigerians, mostly the youths, had taken to the streets of major cities to protest SARS’ brutality while the hashtag “ENDSARS” has trended for days on social media.

But disbanding the unit on Sunday, the IGP ordered all officers and men of the now defunct Special Anti-robbery Squad to be redeployed with immediate effect.

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SARS: A Criminal Organisation That Must Be Disbanded Now

October 10, 2020 10:40 am

The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) is a dreaded controversial unit of the Nigeria Police Force. It is a unit under the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department headed by the Deputy Inspector General of Police Anthony Ogbizi. The DIG receives its directives from the Inspector General of Police. SARS, as it is popularly called, is known for extortion, torture, framing up suspects and even blackmail.

Some officers of the F-SARS have been known to be overzealous, terrorising weak and powerless Nigerians. In the past, some youths have been killed by the officers either through torture or stray bullets in a …