FSARS
15 Apr 2021
The Rivers State Executive Council has directed the Nigeria Police and culpable officers to pay compensations to victims of violence, torture, brutality, murder and violation of fundamental human rights.
25 Nov 2020
A businessman, Chukwu Vincent, yesterday, told Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS Abuses and Other Related Matters how his cousin, Bassey Ejiagwa Cheka, who is now dead...
20 Oct 2020
Since 1992 when the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) was established its modus operandi has been basically kill-and-go. This was during the military era where a military ruler arrogantly told Nigerians...
16 Oct 2020
It would be uncharitable not to congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari for his prompt response to the people’s outcry against the killer unit of the Nigeria Police, FSARS.
16 Oct 2020
The disbandment of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad in its present form by the Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed is a welcome development. However, as many security experts have advised we need to carry out a holistic reform of our security...
14 Oct 2020
Protesters of #EndSARS movement yesterday blocked the Anambra State government bringing activities to a standstill over the governor's refusal to address them.
14 Oct 2020
In defiance of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike’s ban on EndSARS protests, thousands of youths stormed his office in Port Harcourt to demand justice for victims of police brutality.
14 Oct 2020
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has invited the Inspector- General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to brief the body on the security situation in the country, particularly the ongoing protests...
11 Oct 2020
For days now, Nigerians home and abroad have taken to social media as well as flooded the streets to protest police brutality and harassment in the country. The protest that continues to gain momentum has the protesters calling for an end to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the police unit. The widespread protest has…
11 Oct 2020
Senators Teslim Folarin (APC-Oyo Central) and Abdulfatai Buhari (APC-Oyo North) have condemned the killing of Isiaq Jimoh during a protest against the operations of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) in Ogbomoso on Saturday.
9 Oct 2020
Lagos State deputy governor Obafemi Hamzat on Friday said he has also experienced harassment by the men of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS). "This happened to me four years ago, I was going to Abule Odofin they were not in uniform they have guns and they just double-crossed us, of course, I was scared…
9 Oct 2020
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is outraged by the outrageous behaviour of our policemen who maim, kill, traumatise and humiliate fellow Nigerians, as indeed he should be as a Nigerian leader and a very senior lawyer who watches as policemen, as a matter of professional habit, breach the law and violate the rights of fellow citizens. We…
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