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.
Source: PUNCH
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