Enugu state Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi visited the defunct office of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, to confirm that the facility has been closed.
Ugwuanyi made the visit to the disbanded unit of the Nigerian Police Force on October 19, 2020, to check if it has truly been shut down in compliance with the Federal Government’s directives based on the demands of the protesting youth against extrajudicial killings and police brutality in the country.
Governor Ugwuanyi who was accompanied by the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Miletus Eze and his Information counterpart, Nnanyelugo Chidi Aroh, was received by the State Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmad Abdurrahman, who took him around the facilities including the empty cells.
Speaking, the Commissioner of Police confirmed to the governor, who he described as “the most-friendly and security-disposed governor” that the SARS unit has been closed accordingly and the eleven detained suspects evacuated from the cells, saying: “Today, we don’t have SARS in Enugu.”
In his remark, the State Attorney General, Mr Eze disclosed that the Judicial Panel of Inquiry recently constituted by Gov Ugwuanyi to investigate complaints of police brutality or related extrajudicial killings, as demanded by the protesters, will be inaugurated on Wednesday.
Earlier in the day, Ugwuanyi also visited the ailing first Republic Minister and prominent Igbo chieftain, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, who is in a hospital in Enugu and wished him a quick recovery.
Chief Amaechi who expressed delight that Governor Ugwuanyi visited him assured the governor that he will recover soon to reunite with his loved ones.
