{"id":35588,"date":"2020-10-15T14:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T14:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=35588"},"modified":"2020-10-15T14:00:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T14:00:56","slug":"northern-govs-kick-against-disbandment-of-sars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=35588","title":{"rendered":"Northern Govs kick against disbandment of SARS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Simon-Lalong.jpg\" alt=\"Simon-Lalong\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Governors of the 19 northern states in Nigeria have expressed disaproval over the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), even as protests continue around the country, against perceived excesses of the unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SARS, a special unit of the Nigeria Police, was created to combat armed robbery, kidnapping and other violent crimes in the country. The Inspector General of Police,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/igp-sets-up-new-police-uddnit-to-replace-sars\/\">Mohammed Adamu&nbsp;<\/a>however disbanded the unit on Sunday in response to the agitations of young Nigerians, who have sustained protests across the country since Wednesday last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the disbandment, the protests continued as the #EndSARS campaigners demanded the prosecution of all officers named in cases of rights abuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also called on government to ensure the release and compensation of victims of SARS operatives, some of whom the alleged are being detailed around the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, Simon Lalong, while speaking with State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday, said the police unit waa useful in the fight against insecurity in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lalong, who is also the Governor of Plateau State, said: \u201cSARS is not made up of bad elements alone as it also includes personnel who are doing their work diligently,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Lalong, what is needed is the reformation of the unit to enable it discharge its functions \u201coptimally\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is still unclear if this is a general opinion of all governors in that region, as one or two of them had earlier identified with the protesters and their agitations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governors of the 19 northern states in Nigeria have expressed disaproval over the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), even as protests continue around the country, against perceived excesses of the unit. 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