JUST IN: IG of Police scraps SARS offices (Read Detail)
Afnews Editor
Feb 25, 2020
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Abubakar Adamu, on Tuesday, ordered the closure of all Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) satellite offices.
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The directive followed Monday's protests in Sagamu against SARS.
The people had marched against the killing of Remo Stars Football Club player, Tiamiyu Kazeem aka Kaka, in Ogun State.
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Adamu announced the scrap when he accompanied Governor Dapo Abiodun, on a condolence visit to the home of the deceased Vice-Captain of Remo Stars.
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The IGP was represented by Deputy Inspector General of Police, in-charge of Research and Planning, Peter Ogunyanwo.
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He ordered that all activities at the satellite offices should be handed over to Commissioners of Police in the state.
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Adamu assured that everyone responsible for his death would be prosecuted accordingly.
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Abiodun and the delegation also visited the Akarigbo of Remoland, Oba Babatunde Ajayi.
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The Governor said: "Today, I was on a condolence visit to the residence of Tiamiyu Kazeem's parents.
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"Tiamiyu, who was until his death, a vice captain of the Remo Stars Football Club died in an unfortunate encounter with some men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) who were on an illegal mission.
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"Kaka's death is irreversibly regrettable because Ogun State has lost a man of unexplored talents.
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"But this long-awaited, significant reform within the structures of the Nigerian Police assures us of an end to such anomalies," the governor added.
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