Does Nigerians Really Needs SARS Again?

The Inspector General of Police, Idris Kpotun Ibrahim, has ordered the immediate re-organization of special anti-robbery squad (SARS) across the country this was as a result of the #EndSARS campaign launched on Twitter by some Nigerians

The campaign had exposed some of the atrocities committed by the Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad.

The Nigeria Police has observed the recent trends of event in the Social Media on the #ENDSARSNOW and the controversy being generated by the innuendos from the allegations and other misconceptions as it concerns the Operational roles and activities of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a detachment of the Nigeria Police. ‘Undoubtedly, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) have been doing very well in fighting violent crimes such as Armed Robbery, Kidnappings and Cattle Rustling in the country in the recent time and this has resulted in drastic reduction of incidents of the mentioned violent crimes nationwide.

As a result of this, it was even as it said contrary to claims of wrongdoings against SARS by those it referred to as “criminals”, the anti-robbery unit has done a lot in sanitising the country. The police said those carrying out the campaign in the social media were armed robbers who have found the operations of the special unit so hot for their activities, and challenged them to come out for identification so that it can investigate them. It also asked well meaning Nigerians to disregard what it described as so-called special media campaign against SARS, insisting that the campaigners were armed robbers who relocated to the social media it referred to as “comedians centre” to drum up support to achieve their aim.

After all this issues what is the way forward?
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