The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, has called for the
immediate disbandment of all offices of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
This was revealed by the senior special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari
on public affairs, Ajuri Ngelale.
This came on the heels of the killing of a Nigerian footballer, Tiamiyu
Kazeem, in Sagamu, Ogun state, by some SARS officers on Saturday, February 22,following
the killing of Tiamiyu, IGP Adamu disbanded the 12 Zonal Intervention Squad
(ZIS).
Tiamiyu was killed on Saturday, February 22, after being allegedly pushed
out of a moving police vehicle by the operatives who had arrested him and were
taking him to Abeokuta, the state capital. The ZIS operatives, a special unit
under the assistant inspector-general of police Zone II, had been operating
around border communities of Lagos and Ogun states.