Mike Okiro a former Inspector General of Police has kicked against the End SARS clamor by Nigerian youths.
NAIJA NEWS NG learnt that the former Inspector General of Police would prefer the police management instead of scrapping the anti squad arm, advised that SARS officers are properly trained . He is of the opinion that criminals will be very happy if SARS is disbanded.
In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria NAN, Okiro said the squad should be rebranded and refocused for effective service delivery rather than being banned.
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“The police management should go to the drawing board and retrain personnel of the SARS as it will be counter-productive to disband them. You cannot throw away the baby with the bath water, if they have deviated from what they were established for they should be retrained and refocused.
Armed robbers will be happy that there is no more SARS in the country but are Nigerians ready for that“he said