The Inspector-General of Police,
Mr Ibrahim Idris, has banned the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) of the
Nigeria Police Force from conducting stop and search operations on roads except
when necessary.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that some group of Nigerians recently in the social media, called for
the scrapping of SARS over alleged harassment of innocent Nigerians, using the
#EndSARS.
Following the allegation, the
Inspector- General of Police , Mr Ibrahim Idris, promised to restructure and
reposition the unit for effective service delivery.
Idris also warned members of the
group against acting as body-guards, delving into land matters and debt
collection that were considered civil.
He further warned that members of
the unit must only embark on operations with the permission of the commissioner
of police in charge of SARS in the police commands.
“You must operate in official
uniform clearly marked for identification.
“I just want to warn you all here
that any officer caught engaging in these activities will be dealt with
accordingly.
“The Nigeria Police force under
my leadership shall operate strictly guided by the human rights principles as
enshrined in the United Nations charter on human rights,”he said.
He mandated the Inspector-General
of police’s monitoring units and the X-squad and other over sights unit of the
force to monitor the activities of the SARS.
The police boss noted that the
establishment of the unit was due to activities of the men of the underworld.
He said that as part of measures
to check the unit, they would be solely mandated to confront only armed robbery
cases and violent crimes in the country,
Idris also said that men deployed
to SARS would undergo training, continuous assessment and psychometric test to
determine their suitability or otherwise.(NAN)
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