The Nigeria Police Force today said that the Federal Special
Anti - robbery Squad (FSARS) was decentralised to correct the
abnormality in the squad and restore order in the country .
ACP Frank Mba, the Force PRO , disclosed this on today while
appearing on Channels TV programme Sunrise Daily .
“ What we are doing now is to correct the abnormality, restore order
and bring the Police closer to the people,” Mba said .
“ This is just a tip of the iceberg among very many reforms IGP
Mohammed Adamu is bringing in the Force , ” he added.
Mba opined that the decentralisation of FSARS will bring the police
close to the people and reduced bottleneck .
Newsmen reported how the acting Inspector General of Police
(IGP ), Muhammed Adamu, Monday ordered the immediate
decentralisation of operations of the Federal Special Anti - Robbery
Squad (FSARS ) unit .
Immediate past IGP , Ibrahim Idris, had centralised operations of
SARS into FSARS at the force headquarters and placed it under the
Deputy Inspector - General of Police (Operations ), as part of the
reforms of the squad .
The decentralisation has since generated controversies.
Unfortunately for those celebrating, # EndSARS # ReformPoliceNG
just got reborn with this chaotic pronouncement . We are back to
where it all started ,” Segun Awosanya, ENDSARS convener tweeted
on Monday.
“ This rearrangement is just going to fuel corruption and lure the
Commissioners of police into deploying SARS as political party
Thugs,” he added.
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