35 operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force have been indicted for various misconducts as confirmed in a report submitted by the National Human Rights Commission to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN) on Monday, October 19.
Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Mr Tony Ojukwu who revealed that the list was an extract of the full report of the Special Presidential Panel on SARS earlier submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari on June 3, 2019, said the list of the indicted operatives was accompanied with the full report of the panel to guide the prosecution of the indicted operatives.
Ojukwu said “In line with the mandate of the panel, the commission is here today to submit the list to you, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, the list of all officers who have been indicted in the report. The list contains the names of all those who are to be prosecuted for various offences by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice. We have also brought the original copy of the full report which will also guide the office of the Attorney-General in looking at the details for the required prosecution because the summary will not have all the documents. We brought the full report which will guide the prosecuting officers.”