The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate deployment of recently trained officers of the special Weapon and Tactical Team, SWAT.
Adamu ordered SWAT deployment for routine patrols across the
country.
The IGP’s directive was addressed to the 17 Assistant
Inspector Generals of Police in the Force and Commissioners of Police in
Nigeria.
A statement with reference number
CH:5350/IGP.SEC/ABJ/VOL.20/340 was tagged “Deployment of Newly Formed Special
Weapon and Tactical Team operatives,” Vanguard reports.
The statement read: “The Inspector General of Police directs
that all recently selected and trained Special Weapon and Tactical Team (SWAT)
operatives are to be deployed for routine duties across areas of responsibility
immediately.”
The IGP had inaugurated SWAT following the disbandment of
the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, F-SARS.
F-SARS was disbanded due to brutality and extortion of
Nigerians.
The brutality perpetrated by the unit had led to a
widespread protest tagged End SARS.
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