IGP set up new team to replace disbanded SARS

The inspector-general of police, Mohammed Adamu, has set up the Special Weapons And Tactics team that will replace the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad.

The prospective members of the new team are to undergo tactical training next week, as well as a psychological and medical examination to ascertain their fitness and eligibility for the new assignment.

A statement by the force spokesman, Frank Mba, says the personnel from police commands in the south-east and the south-south will be trained at the counter-terrorism college, Nonwa-Tai, Rivers state.

Those from the police commands in the north and the south-west will be trained at the police mobile force training college, Ende, Nasarawa state and the police mobile force training college, Ila-Orangun, Osun state, respectively.

It also disclosed that the IGP had ordered all personnel of the defunct SARS to report at the force headquarters, Abuja, for debriefing, psychological and medical examination.