Following
public outcry over the alleged brutality of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad
operatives, the police authorities have set up a six-member team to receive and
investigate petitions against the squad.
The
Public Complaint Response Team on SARS whose membership was drawn from the
police, civil society groups and the private sector, was set up by the
Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Wednesday.
Members
of the team include the IGP X-Squad, IGP Monitoring Unit, Force Public
Complaint Bureau, Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit, a non-governmental
organisation, the Nigeria Policing Programme led by Prof. Olu Ogunsakin and a
civil society coalition, EnoughIsEnough.
The
Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, told Saturday PUNCH on
Friday that aggrieved persons with complaints of violation of their rights by
SARS personnel should report to the team members for investigation and further
actions.
Moshood,
an acting Deputy Commissioner of Police, explained that those with complaints
could contact the complaint response team through the IGP X-Squad on 0902 690
0729, 08078662130, 08174041000 (calls), 0903 227 8905 (SMS) and 0903 562 1377
(WhatsApp) and email: integrityxsquad@gmail.com; and the IGP Monitoring
Unit via igpmonitoringabj@yahoo.com and 08036242591.
Other
contacts are the Force Public Complaint Bureau, 07056792065, 08088450152,
Calls/SMS/WhatsApp,
email: bailisfree@gmail.com, pressforabuja@gmail.com, Twitter:
@PoliceNG and www.facebook.com/ngpolice;
PCRRU,
08057000001, 08057000002 (calls), 08057000003 (SMS & WhatsApp) Twitter:
@PoliceNG_PCRRU and www.facebook.com/PolicePCRRU;
Nigeria
Policing Programme, oluogunsakin@hotmail.com and eienigeria.org.
Moshood
stated that the police had commenced some reforms in the SARS, noting that many
of the commanders had been redeployed out of the squad while fresh hands were
injected to re-invigorate its operations.
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