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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.
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 […]
.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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]