Following the dissolution of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad by Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu yesterday, they have been mixed reactions from different ethnic groups in the country. While youths and socio-cultural organisations in the South welcomed the announcement, which followed weeklong protests in major cities of the country, some northern interests insisted that SARS was useful for their region.
In Bauchi, some northern youths, in a counter-protest, dissociated themselves from #EndSARS agitations. The group, under the aegis of the Northern Youth Assembly of Nigeria (NYAN), was seen with placards of different inscriptions at the Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). They said the Police formation only required reform, as SARS has helped in fighting different crimes in their locality.
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