The Nigerian Police Force has
reacted to calls by Nigerians for the scrapping of its Special Anti-Robbery
Squad, SARS.
There is ongoing social media
campaign calling on police to scrap its SARS unit.
But the police said contrary to
claims of wrongdoings against SARS by some “criminals”, the anti-robbery unit
had done a lot in sanitising the country.
The police said those carrying
out the campaign in the social media were armed robbers.
It also asked well meaning
Nigerians to disregard what it described as so-called special media campaign
against SARS.
Speaking with Vanguard, Force
Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, a Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP,
vowed that the criminals won’t have their way.
He said, “Anybody calling for
scrapping of SARS is an armed robber, let him come forward so that we can
investigate him.
”Any complaints they give against
any police personnel, everybody knows that we don’t hide it.
“We have a Public Complaints
Bureau which handles complaints. So if anybody is calling for scrapping of
SARS, we don’t need to be reminded that they are criminals just using the
social media.
“If there are robbers that are
operating and Special Anti-Robbery Squad engage them and somebody would now put
something in the social media and say they should scrap SARS, I think it’s
unfortunate.
”If there are specific
allegations against any police officer whether SARS or no SARS, there’s a
control mechanism for any of us that violates the rights of Nigerian citizens
to be dealt with appropriately.
“You have seen instances where
police officers have been tried, found guilty and charged to court.
“Those mechanisms are there, so
it would be mischievous for anybody to call for scrapping of SARS. You want
armed robbers to take over everywhere?”
”So, those who are calling on the
scrapping of SARS are people to be suspected, I think they are robbers
themselves.
“If there are complaints of
atrocities against any police officers, they are being dealt with
appropriately, we don’t hide them.
”You have been reading how police
men that misbehave in their lines of duties are being dealt with. So anybody
that is calling for scrapping of SARS has something to hide.
“The police authorities cannot
and will not scrap the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS for these criminals to
thrive because it’s not our problem.
“The people that have been
fighting armed robbery, fighting kidnapping and make a lot of successes?
”Look at the number of people
they have arrested along Abuja-Kaduna highway, look at the case of Evans. Don’t
you know that Intelligence Response Team has elements of Special Anti-Robbery
Squad in them.
”I’m just trying to let you know
the viability, so we shouldn’t be dancing to the tone of the social media,
that’s the comedians centre.
“If a person would call for the
scrapping of SARS, is the person not an armed robber himself?
“They are just carrying their
campaign in the social media.”
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