Osibajo Condemns Arrests And Extortion By Federal SARS
By Adeyeye Oreoluwa
There was outrage across the country on Sunday the 4th of October over the harassment, extortion and extra-judicial killings of innocent Nigerians by operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad F SARS, one of the units of the Nigeria Police Force.
The Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo expressed dissatisfaction over the conduct of F-SARS operatives, describing it as unacceptable.
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, had earlier, in a swift reaction to the extra-judicial killings and harassment of innocent Nigerians, banned personnel of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad from engaging in routine patrols, stop-and-search, mounting of roadblocks and traffic checks with immediate effect.
Videos of shooting of a young man by F-SARS in Ugheli, Delta State went viral on Saturday. The security men were said to have ran away with his Lexus SUV and left his body on the roadside. Briefing State House correspondents at his official residence in Abuja, Osinbajo said he was angry about the actions of some policemen, especially those attached to SARS, whom he accused of harassing and sometimes maiming and killing Nigerians nationwide.
He said such actions coming from those saddled with the responsibilities of protecting the citizens were unacceptable.
Osinbajo, therefore, commended the police authorities for the statement issued earlier in the day on the matter, saying it was wrong for policemen to be seizing laptops and phones from young Nigerians in the name of fighting cybercrime.
