Special Anti-robbery Squad
14 Dec 2021
Nigeria police, yesterday, told the Independent Investigative Panel on Human Rights Violation by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other units of Nigeria Police
8 Dec 2021
The ‘ENDSARS’ nationwide protest warranted by the ruthless and extrajudicial killings of security agencies particularly the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a unit in the Nigerian Police then
4 Nov 2021
The independent investigative panel on allegations of human rights violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other units of the Nigerian police has ordered
19 Oct 2021
The independent investigative panel on human rights violation by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other units of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), yesterday
19 Oct 2021
By its original mandate, the Justice Doris Okuwobi panel of inquiry into the #EndSARS protest in Lagos State is supposed to conclude its hearing today.
28 May 2021
Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Alkali Usman, yesterday, said the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) had weakened efforts by the force to confront insecurity frontally...
6 Jan 2021
A 75-year old man, Paul Amadi, yesterday, asked the Rivers State Judicial Commission of Inquiry to prevail on the Nigeria Police to pay him N20m for the trauma operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) caused him. Amadi said he was forced to relocate to his maternal home after experiencing hardship for over one…
20 Nov 2020
A thirty-year-old man, Mr. Ayotomiwa Elegbeleye, yesterday, told Ekiti State Judicial Panel of Inquiry into Allegations of Police Brutality how he was tortured by operatives...
13 Nov 2020
The unpredictability of life has always been a daunting experience for humanity. We are supposed to expect good things to happen, yet the unexpected things that throw us off balance happen all the time.
2 Nov 2020
“Without strong watchdog institutions, impunity becomes the very foundation upon which systems of corruption are built. And if impunity is not demolished, all efforts to bring an end to corruption are in vain”. — Rigoberta Menchú, Nobel laureate. One of the derivable positives from the recent nationwide protests against the now-dissolved police Special Anti-Robbery Squad…
30 Oct 2020
As the country searches for a solution to the impasse generated by the #EndSARS protest against police brutality, President Muhammadu Buhari should take his portion of the blame for failing to address the protesters in good time before the protest degenerated into a crisis. His failure in this regard is not only against expectations of…
27 Oct 2020
• Ekiti panel to begin sitting November 2 • PWDs lament non-inclusion in commissions The Judicial Panel of Inquiry for Restitution for Victims of SARS-related abuses and the Lekki Tollgate killings in Lagos State has received not less than 15 petitions from victims of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) abuse. Chairman of the panel,…
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