Most of the complaints, allegations against SARS are not true – Police

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The Nigeria Police Force has said most of the complaints about officials of the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) are not true.

Police spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood said this in a recent interview with Punch.

He said, “We are quite concerned with the complaints against SARS and that is why the Inspector-General of Police has directed its re-organisation. We know that most of the complaints and allegations against SARS are not always true, but the IG has ordered an investigation to ascertain them. He has also directed that human rights desk be set up in all the state commands to handle rights abuse by SARS operatives. So, the people who started the #EndSARS campaign can channel their grievances to the desk officers for investigation. SARS has been in existence for over 40 years and it is essential to the force, so we cannot dismantle it.”

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He added that “one or two infractions” should not lead to the calls for scrapping of SARS.

“We can’t say because there are one or two infractions, we should end SARS because if you end SARS, robbers would take over. We appreciate the patriotism of those demanding an end to SARS, but other groups are equally saying, reform SARS. So if they have any complaint against the unit, let them tell us and it would be addressed.”

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