Nigeria: Police Brutality

14 December 2017
opinion

It started like a rain drop and now it has become a tidal wave. The clamour for the scrapping of the Special Anti Robbery Squads (SARS) of the Police Force is increasing daily, with allegations against the die-hard squad members for alleged abuse of human rights, brutality, extortion, extra-judicial killings, connivance with criminals and insubordination to higher authority including the regular Police top echelon and the State Governments, wherever the squads are located.

To some pro-scrap-SARS agitators, members of the elite squad, which reportedly comprise both military and police personnel have gotten away with too many alleged extra-judicial killings and are becoming too uncontrollable for comfort.

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