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From Jonas Ike, Abuja.
Acting Inspector-General of Police Mr Adamu Mohammed has charged all Commissioners of Police at the State and Zonal Commands of the force to assumed full control of the operations of the Special Anti Robbery Squad SARS at the the outfit is becoming so notorious for unwholesome practices.
He gave the directive during maiden meeting with top ranking Police officers from the rank of AIG to Assistant Commissioners of Police at the Force Headquarters Abuja where they brainstormed on strategic plans for the policing of the 2019 general elections.
According to the IGP, while this initiative is being perfected, the operations of SARS which is currently centralised at the Force Headquarters is hereby decentralised.
Consequently, with immediate effect, the Commissioner of Police in each of the 36 Police Commands and the FCT are to assume full Command and Control authority on all SARS in their Commands, while the FHQ Unit is, henceforth, subsumed under the command of the DIG FCIID. The import of this is that the DIG FCIID and Command CPs shall from this date, not only assume administrative and operational control of SARS in their respective Commands, they shall also be directly held liable for any professional misconducts resulting from the operations of the Units in their Commands.T
They are to immediately undertake a detailed evaluation of the Units in their Commands and submit a report to my Office within the next two weeks.
Similarly, all quasi-investigation and operations outfits including the Special Investigation Panel (SIP) and Special Tactical Squad (STS) or any other such Teams under whatever name are hereby disbanded. The DIG FCIID is to takeover and review all cases that such Teams are currently handling as well as official assets on charge to them and submit a detailed report to my Office within two weeks. Similar comprehensive reorganisation will be undertaken in the investigative, intelligence and special operations arms of the Force comprising of the Police Mobile Force, Counterterrorism Unit and the Special Protection Unit.
This re-positioning process will eventually cascade down to the Zonal and State Command levels. The essence is to restore order and apply a break to the current slide in policing standards, discourage the proliferation of multiplicity of outfits competing for operational space in the most unprofessional manner. We shall enhance the capacity of the Force towards situating our operations within the principles and practice of Intelligence-led policing and human rights standards, and align our operations to modern dynamics.