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FSARS SAGA: CP Odumosu Vows To Jail Erring Officers

October 5, 2020 0

In compliance with the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, on checkmating the excesses and sanitizing the Special Anti Robbery Squad and other tactical squads, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu has vowed to jail erring police officers.

Reformed FSARS ‘ll Focus On Robbery, Kidnapping -IGP Team

August 30, 2018 0

By Amos Odeh The Inspector General of Police team on the reform of Federal Special Anti-robbery Squad (FSARS), says the new reformed squad will now concentrate on two major areas of crime fighting, which are robbery and kidnapping. Mr Austin Gbaraba, an Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of operations in the force headquarters, who lead the reform team to …

Osinbajo Orders IGP To Re-Organise SARS

August 14, 2018 0

.asks NHRC to probe rights violation The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday directed the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to immediately begin the overhaul of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad. He has also directed the National Human Rights Commission to set up a panel to probe allegations of rights abuse by the Police unit. The Senior Special Assistant to the …

Police, SARS Rated 89% ‘Extremely Low’ As NHRC Begins Cells Audit

June 13, 2018 0

Tayo Olanipekun An online poll on the operations of the Nigeria Police and its Federal Special Anti Robbery Squad (FSARS) unit has had 89 per cent of its participants rate the Force performance “Extremely Low.” The survey, in which 1,031 persons have so far participated on Wednesday, also put the ratings of the security agency at one per cent “Above …

Two Herdsmen Arrested For Kidnap, Murder Of Another Herdsman In Ogun

November 5, 2017 0

Two herdsmen suspected to be kidnapers and cattle rustlers have been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command in connection with the kidnap and killing of another herdsman. Hassan Amodu and Abubakar Abdullah kidnapped Taye Amodu on the 23rd of October 2017 at Obada Oko area of Abeokuta and also made away with eight cows belonging to …

Police nab robbers for attempting to kill DPO

September 14, 2017 0

Two members of an armed robbery gang who, yesterday, shot and injured the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the Ogbere Division, Csp Adeyinka Akingbade, have been arrested by the operatives of the Federal Special Anti Robbery Squad (FSARS) for attempting to kill the DPO. The DPO, who received a distress call about the robbers who had invaded an hotel in …