The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu has been urged to probe erring officers of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and flush them out of the service in order to restore the integrity and essence upon which the squad was established.
Many Nigerians and stakeholders have called for the scrapping of SARS following the alleged excesses in their operations.
Addressing a press conference on Friday, in Abuja, the National Coordinator of a Coalition of Civil Society Organisations under the aegis of Citizens Action for Good Governance (CAGG), Nazir Galadanchi, said the scrapping of the squad would worsen the security challenges in the country.
The CSOs said to end the festering excesses of SARS operatives, the federal government should embark on enlightenment on rules of engagement, quality control, better welfare, public feedback, reforms and retraining, as well as reward of outstanding performance of SARS as a way of motivation and commitment to duty.
“We passionately appeal to the IGP to ignore the call to end SARS but instead reform it for the general interest of Nigeria. Let us not allow criminals to smile and unleash terror on innocent Nigerians because of some dissenting voices.
“Those agitating for the outright scrapping of the unit are definitely oblivious of the consequences of their agitation and the fight against armed robbery and other heinous crimes bedevilling our dear nation,” he said.
