Tag: SARS
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BREAKING: ‘IGP bans FSARS, other police tactical units…’
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, has banned the personnel of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) and other Tactical Squads of the Force including the Special Tactical Squad (STS), Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Anti-Cultism Squad and other Tactical Squads operating at the Federal, Zonal and Command levels, from carrying out routine patrols and…
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VIDEO: Angry youths match against SARS in Delta, bring coffins
There was tension in Delta State on Sunday following an alleged killing of a yet to be identified man by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS. Some aggrieved youths in Ughelli, Delta State on Sunday came out en masse to protest against police brutality in the Southern state. The irate youths as seen in…
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#ENDSARS protest returns: SARS operatives kill man in Delta, flee with victim’s SUV [Video]
The Nigeria Police Force’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS came under attack on Twitter yesterday after some SARS operatives allegedly shot dead a young man in front of a hotel in the Ughelli area of Delta State. The operatives allegedly shot the citizen and left the scene. A trending footage shows them spending off in the…
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Nigerian government empowers SARS to maltreat young Nigerians – Amnesty Int’l
Amnesty International has accused the Nigerian Government of empowering officers of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) to maltreat Nigerians by not holding any of them accountable. It said despite passing the anti-torture bill in 2017, there is continous evidence SARS operatives continue to use torture and other ill-treatment to execute, punish and extract information from suspects.…
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BREAKING: IG of Police scraps SARS satellite offices
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Abubakar Adamu, on Tuesday, ordered closure of all Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) satellite offices nationwide. The directive followed Monday’s protests in Sagamu against SARS. The people had marched against the killing of Remo Stars Football Club player, Tiamiyu Kazeem aka Kaka, in Ogun State. Represented, Adamu announced the SARS satellite…
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ASP attached to Lagos SARS slumps, dies in office
An Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Christopher Akpan, attached to the Lagos State Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), has reportedly slumped and died in his office at Ikeja. The death of Akpan and that of two other junior officers have thrown the SARS and the command into mourning. It was learnt that the newly promoted Akpan…
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[Video] Pandemonium in Ogun as SARS officers mistakenly shoot two Hausa traders while chasing Yahoo Boy
There was pandemonium on Thursday in the Olomore axis of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, when operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force allegedly shot two Hausa traders. The SARS operatives were reported to have stormed Olomore Pepper Market while chasing an internet fraudster also known as Yahoo boy, who ran…
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I was kidnapped, robbed by SARS- Ikechukwu [VIDEO]
Nigerian rapper and actor, Ikechukwu Onunaku a.k.a Killz took to his Instagram page on Thursday 5th of September 2019, to declare how he was harassed , robbed and kidnapped by suspected members of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Ikechukwu noted that he was kidnapped by SARS two minutes away from his house, adding that he was…
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JUST IN: SARS operatives shoot cleaner dead while chasing 'armed robbers' in Lagos
Stray bullet on Monday morning killed a cleaner identified as Francis during a gun duel between suspected armed robbers and operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Ilupeju, Lagos. There were conflicting information on the source of the bullet as eyewitnesses accused SARS of being responsible for the death of Francis, said to be…