Tag: SARS
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SARS and herdsmen: Economic terrorists with impunity – Dele Sobowale
SARS AND HERDSMEN: ECONOMIC TERRORISTS WITH IMPUNITY “Allow an intolerable economic situation to persist for too long and suddenly, there are no good solutions left.” Arthur Burns, 1904-1987, Chairman US Federal Reserve Bank, 1970-78. Arthur Burns was Chairman of the US Central Bank, equivalent fo our own Governor, under US President Richard Nixon, . He…
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I lost two-month pregnancy, detained for 22 days –Schoolteacher recounts SARS torture
The Lagos State Panel of Judicial Inquiry into complaints of human rights violations by men of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad got more intense on Saturday with a schoolteacher, Ndubuisi Obiechina, recounting to the panel how she was detained in 2017 on a false allegation of being a robber and a kidnapper and tortured by…
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SARs operatives stole, sold my car, land; tortured me for 47 days, victim tells Lagos judicial panel
The Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses in Lagos, got underway Tuesday with one of the petitioners recounting his Police brutality ordeal. Okolieagu Obunike, a father of five, told the panel that in 2012, Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) operatives detained and tortured him for 47 days at their…
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Disbandment of SARS dampened police morale – Yahaya Bello
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has said the demobilization of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force crushed the spirits of police officers across the country. The governor made the statement in reaction to the nationwide violence and looting by hoodlums in the aftermath of the #EndSARS protests. Bello speaking on Channels Television’s…
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#EndSARS campaigners mourn as Abuja protester, Anthony Onome stabbed by thugs dies in hospital
#ENDSARS campaigners were thrown into mourning yesterday, following the death of a protester, Anthony Onome, who was attacked by suspected thugs in Abuja. Onome, the victim, was stabbed on Saturday when he and other agitators protesting against police brutality were attacked by suspected hoodlums in the Kubwa area of the nation’s capital. Recall there TheNesGuru…
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Tinubu denies sponsoring #EndSars protesters
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ahmed Tinubu has reacted to a news making the rounds that he was among those sponsoring #ENDSARS protesters. In a statement signed by his spokesman, Tunde Rahman, Tinubu exonerated himself, advising Nigerians to jettison the news. The statement according says: “There is a need to set…
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SARS, youth spring and beyond – Chidi Amuta
Chidi Amuta The late Burkinabe leader, Thomas Sankara, once opined that a creedless, untrained, half educated man armed and put in uniform by the state is nothing but a licensed criminal. Call that man a Nigerian policeman and unleash him on streets and highways to protect good people and sniff out bad people and you…
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I regret creating SARS- Former CP declares
Fulani Kwajafa, a former commissioner of police who created the disbanded special anti-robbery squad (SARS), says he regrets creating the unit. In an interview with BBC Hausa, he said over time, SARS lost the focus for which it was created. TheNewsGuru recalls that Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of police, disbanded the anti-robbery unit on Sunday, following…
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Police has commenced orderly room trial of Surulere killer cops – Sanwo-Olu
Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the nationwide candlelight procession for SARS victims calls for sober reflections. #EndSARS protesters on Friday night held a candlelight vigil in honour of all those who have been killed by operatives of the unit over the years. At the different locations across the country where the candlelight event held,…
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37 ex-SARS officers face dismissal, 24 others to be prosecuted for misconduct
The Police Service Commission (PSC) have received recommendations to dismiss 37 former members of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) from service while 24 will be prosecuted for various acts of professional misconduct. These were the highlights of the Report of the Presidential Panel on Reform of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad set up by the…