Lawan said with the courageous decision to dissolve the police unit, the President and his government have shown themselves as responsive to the feelings of the people.
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Sanwo-Olu said this on Sunday while speaking with journalists on arrival in Lagos from Ondo State, where he was Chairman of All Progressives Congress governorship campaign team
The workshop, held in Kano, was organised by PRNigeria Centre with Security Agencies, Media Professionals, Youth Groups, Social Media Influencers and Academics in attendance.
Gbajabiamila said in a statement by his spokesman, Lanre Lasisi, that the dissolution of SARS was a necessary response by the government to the outcry arising from multiple documented excesses of the SARS across the country.
The Commission, through concerted enforcement efforts with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp as well as the Department of State Services has secured court convictions for SIM card related offences.
The said gang rape, which has elicited wide criticism and condemnation from residents, was said to have been perpetuated on October 6, 2020.
The state Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, who conveyed the governor’s directive in a statement on Sunday, said the suspension is with immediate effect.
Condemning the ugly incident, the former Governor, who is also the Aro of Ogbomoso, stressed that inasmuch as peaceful protests are allowed by law, hoodlums and thugs must be prevented from taking advantage of any protest.
The commission spoke in reaction to an announcement on Sunday by the Inspector General of a Police, Mohammed Adamu, dissolving the special squad.
The South African sprinter was jailed for 13 years for shooting girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in his Pretoria home in 2013.
“This was the right thing to do. A system that brutally eliminates our youths is not one to hold on to, and neither can we be proud of it. Now we can start on a clean sheet to envision an elite police unit similar to the SWAT and a comprehensive overhaul of the police and policing system that peoples-focused,” Abubakar said in a statement by his media office on Sunday.
Bakare made the call during the Sunday Service at the Citadel Church formerly the Latter Rain Assembly at Oregun, Lagos.
The Eagle Online was informed that the riot broke out following the death of two more persons on Sunday
The spokesman of the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, revealed this in a statement on Sunday, saying the confiscation of the arms and arrest of the suspects was carried out on Saturday after the protest calling for the dissolution of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad turned violent.
Makinde made the confirmation in a series of tweets on Saturday, adding that no fewer than seven others were injured during the protest that has gone nationwide.
It will be recalled that Gana was shot dead by soldiers while heading to the Benue State Government House in Makurdi after he was offered amnesty by the government.
Shalom Olaseni, Executive Director, UGRFP, made the call in a statement in Abuja on Saturday.
The President stated this on Saturday during Combined Passing Out Parade for 67 Regular Course and Short Service Course 46 (Army) at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna.
The Commissioner of Police, Philip Maku, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday.
Justice David Mann gave the order following an application by the Prosecution counsel, Chief Garba Pwul (SAN).