Protesters besiege force headquarters, demand scrapping of SARS
6 years agoProtestors carry a placard reading "Special Anti-Robbery Squad SARS Are Authorised Criminals" during a demonstration calling for the scrapping of the controversial police unit, in Ikeja, on October 8, 2020. - Nigeria's top police chief on October 4 banned a controversial anti-robbery unit and other special agents from mounting roadblocks and carrying out stop-and-search operations over accusations of abuses. Inspector-General of Police Muhammed Adamu said the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) and other tactical squads must stop such operations "with immediate effect". Adamu said the decision followed findings that "a few personnel" in undercover tactical squads have abused their position "to perpetrate all forms of illegality". (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)
CSOs, NANs, others seek an end to the brutality, want decentralisation of police force Protesters against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), yesterday, besieged headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF)…