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Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris |
The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has banned the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force from conducting the stop and search operations on roads except when necessary.
The News
Agency of Nigeria reports that some group of Nigerians recently on 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, Ibrahim Idris, promised to
restructure and reposition the unit for effective service delivery. Idris also
warned members of the group against acting as bodyguards, 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
oversights 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.
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