The police in Lagos have arrested four operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Sqaud (SARS) Ikeja for allegedly taking part in illegal duty. The operatives comprising an Inspector and three Sergeants were said to have participated in the unlawful demolition of a building at Alade, Ikeja. It was learnt that the operatives who were posted to […]
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The police in Lagos have arrested four operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Sqaud (SARS) Ikeja for allegedly taking part in illegal duty.
The operatives comprising an Inspector and three Sergeants were said to have participated in the unlawful demolition of a building at Alade, Ikeja.
It was learnt that the operatives who were posted to Badagry, abandoned their post to execute the illegal duty at Ikeja after they collected N500, 000 from one Alhaji.
The owner of the building, who was said to be having problems with the Alhaji, alerted the police at Ikeja Division of the demolition and the scene was raided and found the policemen keeping watch while the demolition was ongoing.
The policemen were rounded up alongside three civilians contracted by the Alhaji and they were all taken to the state command.
While the civilians were paraded before reporters some weeks ago, The Nation learnt that the policemen were being tried in-house.
“The policemen carried out the illegal demolition without court permit or Commissioner of Police permission. One Alhaji paid them N500, 000 to carry out the demolition. Their boss, the Officer in Charge of SARS (OC), was not aware of the demolition.
“They left their duty post and moved to Ikeja. Aside from that, it’s not SARS job to carry out demolition. It’s the job of police task force. That was why they were arrested and are being tried,” said a Police source.
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