BEVERLY HILLS, October 05, (THEWILL) – Presidential aide on New Media, Lauretta Onochie said the social media campaign against the police Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) was a coordinated attack by ‘cyber criminals’, who were joined by unsuspecting innocent citizens.
Onochie in a tweet noted that the campaign was not a new one and urged Nigerians to stand by national institutions, “while working to improve their effectiveness”.
“I have no doubt that there are some staff of SARS who are unprofessional in their dealings with the public, same way we have unprofessionalism in the Army, Mainstream Police, Customs, Civil Service, Public Service, traders, lawyers, doctors, journalists, teachers, pastors etc”, she tweeted.
Her tweet came in response to the statement by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, who rolled out some measures to address the operations of SARS.
In a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba ordered “all stop and search duties and patrols by SARS be terminated with immediate effect.”
The Police boss who warned against invasion of privacy of citizens, unauthorized search of phones and laptops by police said no personnel should appear in mufti but uniforms during patrols or tactical assignments.
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The statement reads in part: “FSARS, STS, IRT & other Tactical @PoliceNG Squads operating at Federal, Zonal & Command levels are hereby BANNED from carrying out routine patrols & other conventional low-risk duties – stop and search duties, checkpoints, roadblocks, traffic checks, etc with immediate effect.
“All Tactical Squads must also desist from the invasion of the privacy of citizens particularly through indiscriminate and unauthorized search of mobile phones, Laptops and other smart devices.”
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