#ENDSARS: Acting President Orders Overhaul Of Controversial SARS

In what appears to be the triumph of the masses over tyranny, the Acting President has ordered immediate overhaul of the dreaded squad. 

Following persistent complaints and reports on the activities of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) that border on allegations of human rights violations, the media department working with the Acting President has published the reform ordered which the Inspector General of Police is expected to follow and this include, Overhaul of the management and activities of SARS to ensure that any Unit that will emerge from the process, will be strictly intelligence-driven and restricted to the prevention and detection of armed robbery and kidnapping, and apprehension of offenders linked to the stated offences, and nothing more.

The Acting President also directed the IGP to ensure that all operatives in the emerging Unit conduct their operations in strict adherence to the rule of law and with due regard to International Human Rights Law and the constitutionally guaranteed rights of suspects. The operatives should also bear proper identification anytime they are on duty.

In the meantime, the Acting President has directed the National Human Rights Commission to set up a Special Panel that will conduct an investigation of the alleged unlawful activities of SARS in order to afford members of the general public the opportunity to present their grievances with a view to ensuring redress.