Mohammed Adamu IGP Bans Phones, Laptops Search By SARS Officers

 

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has prohibited agents of the Force's Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) from looking through the cell phones, PCs and other electronic devices of residents, Igbere TV reports. The implementation of this boycott, the IGP stated, is with prompt impact. 

Adamu gave the mandate in a letter made accessible to Igbere TV dated October 5, 2020, named, 'Request and orders: Restrictions on the activities of F-SARS, SARS, IRT, STS, state against hijacking units and other uncommon units under any terminology that works in mufti over all arrangement, zones and state orders.' 

He stated, "hereafter the unpredictable, unapproved, and debasing hunt of cell phones, PCs and other shrewd electronic gadgets of residents by the Special Units and all Police agents of various Formations, Zones, Commands and Units is thusly restricted. 

"The main exemption is if such a demonstration is in promotion to a particular case that has been accounted for and is a subject of criminal examination in explicit Formation, Command, Police Station or Unit. In which case, fair treatment must be trailed by the exploring group", Adamu included. 

The IGP coordinated that all ongoing instances of maltreatments of intensity and infringement of privileges of residents by FSARS, SARS, IRT, STS and other police groups ought to be assembled by the Heads of all Police Formations, Commands and Units and sent to his Office not later than Friday ninth October, 2020. 

"The profits to incorporate the Dates of the Incident, Venues of the Incidents, the Special Team Involved, Details of the Officers Involved, Details of the Incident, Fatalities/Injuries/Damages (If Any), Actions Initiated by the Head of the Concerned Command, and the Current Status of the Matter." 

Adamu coordinated the CP X-Squad, Force Provost Marshall (FPM) and IGP Monitoring Unit to quickly arrange and send joint groups over all the 36 States Commands and the FCT so as to uphold the Order. 

"Any faculty of the Special Units discovered abusing the Order must be captured and accompanied to the Force Headquarters for proper activities", he cautioned. "Week by week update on this activity must be sent to the Office of the Inspector General of Police for audit and fitting mandates." 

He said "all Heads of Departments, Zonal Inspectors General of Police, Commissioners of Police, Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers or Sectional Heads are to fortify their administrative control strategies and structures towards authorizing discipline among all positions in their locale as they stand the danger of being held vicariously obligated for administrative awkwardness should any part of this Order be disregarded by agents of the Special Units in their Formations/Commands." 

"In such manner, they are to likewise set up a Monitoring and Enforcement Teams to provide impact to this Order and Directives as a supplement to the Team being dispatched from the Force Headquarters", he stated, encouraging the Force Police Public Relations Officer to guarantee that the individuals from the general population are broadly educated regarding this turn of events. 

"Moreover, the Force Police Public Relations Officer should organize with the Heads, everything being equal, to incorporate committed telephone numbers and other constant online media stages through which residents can outfit grumbles on any infringement of this Order and benefit people in general", Adamu included.