SARS

The Inspector General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has assured that there was no plan to reinstate the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) into the Nigeria Police. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba,…

Mr Kolawole Owoade, the father of Adewale Owoade, 19, on Thursday, recounted how officials of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARs) shot dead his son. Owoade, who was led in evidence by his counsel, Mr Diekola Rufai, informed the…

A car dealer, Timothy Ogbeye, told a National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) panel on Wednesday that he was tortured by SARS operatives in Anambra for refusing to pay N5million. The NHRC panel is investigating alleged human rights…

A 35-year-old hairstylist, Mrs. Hannah Olugbodi, has narrated before the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the activities of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), how her left leg was allegedly shattered by a SARS…

A trader, Mr. Ndukwe Ekekwe has narrated to the Lagos judicial panel how operatives of the now-defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) threw him down from a two-storey building, causing permanent injuries to his spinal cord. The…

A schoolteacher, Ndubuisi Obiechina, has narrated how operatives of the now-defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) tortured her until she lost her two-month pregnancy. She disclosed this Saturday while appearing before the Lagos State…

The Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund, Suleiman Abba, says corruption and nepotism led to the scrapping of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The former Inspector-General of Police (IGP) said many of the…

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The Falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence…

The Personal Assistant to the President on New Media, Bashir Ahmad says he did not announce the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) on three previous occasions. He stated this in a series of tweets on Monday. Recall…

As the protests against Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) continue in parts of Nigeria, the Federal Government is working assiduously to meet the demands of the protesters. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protesters’…

The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force has been disbanded but the atrocities committed by its operatives live on. One of such involved a 20-year-old man, Chijioke Iloanya, who was arrested by the infamous…

A hairstylist, Mrs Hannah Olugbodi, has revealed how personnel of the now-defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) shot her while they were trying to extort workers of a hotel in the Ijesha area of Lagos. She said that since the June 6,…

Human rights activist, Shehu Sani has berated Northern governors for objecting to the scrapping of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Speaking through its Chairman, Simon Lalong on Thursday, the governors opposed the wholesale…

The increase in the pump price of fuel, in 2020, a fall-out of the deregulation of the downstream sector, did not compel the youths of Nigeria to troop out onto the streets. The additional hike in electricity tariffs was not enough to…

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu has announced a new Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team to replace the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Frank Mba disclosed this…

The Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has reportedly appealed to the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu to redeploy personnel of the now-defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) to the state. Zulum was said to have…

A former Commander of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), James Tersugh Vandefan says a policeman is not committing any crime by arbitrarily stopping a person on the road and checking their phone. Vandefan, a retired Chief…