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#END SARS PROTESTS: REP NNAJI PRAISES GOV. UGWUANYI's APPROACH

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The lawmaker representing Nkanu East/West Federal Constituency in the Federal House of Representatives, Honourable Nnolim Nnaji has commended the executive Governor of Enugu State, Chief Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for his usual characteristic way of addressing crisis in the state. He acknowledged that the Governor's prosctiveness in handling the #EndSARS protests in the state was commendable adding that the steps taken by the state government helped to ensure that things did not go out of control. According to him, "from day one, the Governor never ignored the protesters. He first sent his Deputy Governor and subsequently went ahead to meet them twice and listened to their grievances". "The Governor did not stop there he went ahead to set up judiciary panel of inquiry to investigate all cases of abuse by the police in Enugu State with a view to bringing the culprits to book". Honourable Nnaji further added. The lawmaker also praised the Governor for imposing a twenty--fou...

WHY MUST FG... IGP DISSOLVE SARS?

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IGP DISSOLVES THE SPECIAL ANTI-ROBBERY SQUAD, SARS. Shortly  after President Muhammadu Buhari took to Twitter to assure Nigerians that his administration was doing everything possible to put a stop to the incessant killings of Nigerians by SARS, there seems to be a light in the tunnel. Muhammadu Buhari @MBuhari I met again with the IGP tonight. Our determination to reform the police should never be in doubt. I am being briefed regularly on the reform efforts ongoing to end police brutality and unethical conduct, and ensure that the Police are fully accountable to the people. 1:41 PM · Oct 9, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone 7.8K Retweets 11.3K Quote Tweets 26.3K Likes In the finest spirit of democratic, citizen-centred and community policing, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, has today, 11th October, 2020, dissolved the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) across the 36 State Police Commands and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) where they hitherto existed....