The suspects escaped from the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) detention centre in Ikeja.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Dec 22, 2020
At least 100 armed robbery suspects escaped from the Lagos State Police custody during the #EndSARS protest, SaharaReporters has gathered.
The suspects escaped from the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) detention centre in Ikeja.
Lagos CP Hakeem Odumosu
SaharaReporters learnt some senior police officers aided their escape a few days after the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, announced the disbandment of SARS.
Adamu had on October 11 announced the disbandment of the police unit following nationwide protests over its brutality. About 100 of them were released by some senior police officers immediately the IGP announced the disbandment of SARS. We have arrested two operatives; one of them confessed they did it to increase the rate of crime in Lagos which they intended to link to the disbandment of SARS.