Apostle Suleman on the need for SARS

The General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, condemned the body saying he wonders why there is a need for them in the first place.

SARS Torture Musician In Lagos, Accuse Him Of Being Yahoo Boy

An artiste, Richie Sunday, aka Dollamachine, has accused some operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of unlawfully arresting and torturing him. He was arrested around 12pm on Thursday, July 19, 2018, in the Iyana-Oworo area of Lagos. He added that the policemen said he was a yahoo boy (Internet fraudster). It was learnt that the 26-year-old was on his way to a supermarket to buy some drinks before the SARS operatives accosted him, telling him to enter a commercial bus. The musician also said when he requested for the identity of the officer that initially stopped him, he and other members of his team allegedly pounced on him using the butts of their guns and sticks to beat him up, injuring him in the process.

SARS officers have no right to perform stop and search duties – Nigerian police force

The Nigerian Police Force while addressing a couple of questions thrown to them during a question and answer session, made it known that SARS officers have no right to conduct stop and search duties.

I did not create SARS and can not stop it – Dolapo Badmus

Police PRO Dolapo Badmus has asked that people stop tagging her in end Sars posts as she did not create the security agency and does not have the power to end it. She wrote;

Dolapo Badmus writes open letter to SARS, says not all young men are Yahoo boys

The zonal police public relations officer, Dolapo Badmus, has written an open letter to the men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) concerning the constant harassment of young men whom they always perceive as internet fraudsters aka Yahoo Boys In the letter, she made it known to them that it is not every young man whom they see with braided or painted hair that is into fraud. According to her, many of them wear their hair in that manner so as to gain acceptance into the entertainment industry. Read her open letter below.

If we end SARS, robbers will take over — Police

The Force Spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, has revealed why they can't end SARS ,noting if the unit is scrapped ,Armed robbers would take over .When asked why the re-organisation of SARS took so long,he told Punch I won’t argue that it took some time for the re-organisation. Since the IG assumed office, he has been instituting internal reforms in the operation of the force. He also fashioned out some creed which is like our Bible or Quran guiding our work. This creed has been drummed into the operatives and everywhere he goes, he impresses it on the personnel to respect human rights, shun corruption and indiscipline and to be civil. To say it took us long to re-organise the squad would not be correct because when he assumed office, he directed the training of SARS operatives by some civil organisations and the Red Cross. What we are saying is that, some of the complaints in the social media are genuine, and some happened five, six years ago and some are bringing them up now. We know that any organisation that is subject to public opinion has to grapple with the responsibility of educating the public constantly. We can’t say because there are one or two infractions, we should end SARS because if you end SARS, robbers would take over. We appreciate the patriotism of those demanding an end to SARS, but other groups are equally saying, reform SARS. So if they have any complaint against the unit, let them tell us and it would be addressed.

‘SARS Officials harrassed me and slapped my manager in Lagos’- Falz

Superstar singer and actor, Folarin Falana aka Falz The Bahd Guy, has shared his bitter experience with SARS Officials following the #EndSARS movement launched by private Nigerian citizens.

Sarz leaves Trybe Records, as he signs deal with Nike

Nigerian contemporary music producer Osaretin 'Sarz' Osabuohien has left Trybe Records, the label he signed up with a year and half ago.

'To be honest, our contract finished and both parties didn't want to renew', Sarz told HipTV in a recent interview.
Sarz was one of two producers signed to the label in February 2012, the other being producer/singer/sound engineerSheyman(who also left in March, 2013).

We have reached out to Trybe Records but did not get a reply as at the time of this report. We however have noticed that Sarz's profile has been removed from the label's official website.

In related news, the producer has inked a deal with sports wear and lifestyle brand Nike. He's the first home-based Nigerian working with the global sportswear giant.

According to his management team Naija Review, Sarz will be featured in several events and activation starting with 'We Run Lagos' – a campaign created by Nike to encourage running as a part of social living.