Nigerian Police Chief bows to Pressure, Disbands SARS Nationwide

The Nigerian Police Chief known in the country as Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has announced the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force. Adamu announced this in a live broadcast on Sunday as growing protest against the special force unit us heightened across the world. The announcement came after days of online and offline protests against the brutality and extra-judicial killings by SARS operatives nationwide. Platforms Africa gathered that Adamu who hitherto was reluctant to take a decisive action on the issue was on the…

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