Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has said the demobilization of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force crushed the spirits of police officers across the country.
The governor made the statement in reaction to the nationwide violence and looting by hoodlums in the aftermath of the #EndSARS protests.
Bello speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Tuesday, said that the pronouncement by the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, affected the morale of police operatives
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TheNewsGuru recalls that the IGP had scrapped the special police unit in the wake of the #EndSARS protests against police brutality and extrajudicial killings.
Bello, however, said not everyone believes in the #EndSARS protests, adding that the scrapping of SARS discouraged police officers and caused them to leave the streets which had in turn given hoodlums the opportunity to oppress the masses.
“Now SARS has ended, police morale has been dampened, they have gone off the streets, and the hoodlums have taken to the streets. Who do we report to?” the governor asked during the programme.