Lauretta Onochie, President Buhari’s new media aide 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”.
2. But what is going on now, is a COORDINATED ATTACK BY CYBER CRIMINALS joined by UNSUSPECTING INNOCENT CITIZENS.
This is not the first time. We must stand by our national institutions while working to improve their effectiveness. Thats what patriotism is about.
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— Lauretta Onochie (@Laurestar) October 4, 2020
1. I have no doubt that there are some staff of SARS who are unprofessional in their dealings with d public, same way we have unprofessionalism in d Army, Mainstream Police, Customs, Civil Service, Public Service, traders, Lawyers, Doctors, journalists, teachers, pastors, etc.
— Lauretta Onochie (@Laurestar) October 4, 2020
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Her tweet came ahead of the response by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, who rolled out major commands to address the menace posed by some SARS elements.
One of them is that policemen working for SARS are now banned from going on routine patrols.
They are also banned from checking the phones of people they arrest.