Yusuf Bello| The Inspector General of Police on Sunday disbanded the special anti-robbery squad following the #EndSARS nationwide protests of the last few days.
The protest against the brutality and killing of Nigerians by the notorious anti-robbery police unit began earlier last week in major cities across the country and led to the alleged killing of a young Nigerian, Jimoh Isiaq in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, South West Nigeria on Saturday.
Below are five key points we thought you should know about the dissolution of SARS.
–The Inspector-General of Police has dissolved the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) across all the Thirty-Six (36) State Commands and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with immediate effect.
-All officers and men serving in the Unit will be redeployed to other Police Commands, Formations, and Units.
–A new policing arrangement for tackling the offences of Armed-Robbery and other violent crimes will be unveiled to the public soon.
–A Citizens and Strategic Stakeholders Forum will be launched to provide an avenue for citizens to regularly interface and advise the police authority on issues touching on the general public.
–To deal with the report of crimes committed against citizens, an Investigative Team will be constituted which will include Civil Society Organisations and culprits will be punished.
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