The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered
the immediate disbandment of the Federal SARS, Special Investigation
Panel and Special Tactical Squad.
Adamu who took over from Ibrahim Idris on January 15th, announced
this on Monday January 21st at his inaugural conference with
Commissioners of Police and other senior officers in Abuja.
Based on the new directive, the FSARS will now be domiciled under the
direct supervision of the Commissioners of Police in all the 36 states
and the FCT.
The IGP Special Investigation Panel and IGP Special Tactical Squad
were established by the former IGP Ibrahim Idris who also centralized
the operations of SARS into Federal SARS.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had in August 2018, ordered a full
overhaul of the hierachy of SARS after a large number of Nigerians,
particularly youths, cried out over the abuse of human rights by SARS
officials.