IGP Ibrahim Idris
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has sounded a note
of warning to the operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad
(FSARS) to desist from running after internet fraudsters aka ‘yahoo
boys’, Dailytrust has reported.
He said they had the mandate of curbing armed robbery and
kidnapping, warning that any officer caught arresting cybercrime
suspects would be sanctioned appropriately.
Idris gave the warning yesterday at the FSARS headquarters at Magbo
in Abeokuta, Ogun State. He was represented by the team leader of South
West Monitoring Fact Finding Committee on SARS Reform, DCP Adepojulo
Ilori.
He assured the people of what he called “positively transformed”
operatives of FSARS. He said the committee had embarked on the
inspection of SARS detention facilities across the southwest states.
Part of the committee’s mandate was to decongest the detention facilities and submit a comprehensive report to the IGP.