Massive Jubilation As IGP Declares The Immediate Disbandment Of SARS

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has declared the immediate disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force.

Kemi Filani News gathered that, Adamu made this declaration in a live broadcast on Sunday.
The declaration 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 statement reads;

“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.”