By Oluwakemi Ishola
The Nigeria Presidency, on Sunday afternoon, gave a directive to the Inspector-General of Police to dissolve the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
According to the verified Twitter handle of Nigeria Presidency @ngrpresident, new policing arrangement to address anticipated policing gaps the dissolution of SARS will cause is being worked on and will be announced by the IGP.
The tweets read:
PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE: The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force @PoliceNG has been dissolved WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT.
The Inspector General of Police will communicate further developments in this regard.
All officers and men of the now defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) are to be redeployed with immediate effect.
A new policing arrangement to address anticipated policing gaps the dissolution of SARS will cause is being worked on and will be announced by @PoliceNG.
