Sounds of gunfire rented the air as protesters marched to the headquarters of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) in Awkuzu, Anambra, on Friday.
Sounds of gunfire rented the air as protesters marched to the headquarters of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) in Awkuzu, Anambra, on Friday.
The massive crowd had converged on Awka, the state capital, from where they moved to the disbanded SARS office to demand the shut down of the SARs headquarters.
The Akwuzu SARS office was led by one James Nwafor, until a few years ago when he was made a special assistant to the Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano, on Security. Nwafor has been accused of gross misconduct, arbitrary arrests, torture and extra-judicial killings. Until a few years ago,
In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Bonaventure Mokweh, a hotelier narrated his torture experience at the Akwuzu detention facility. He detailed how young men, who were arrested and kept in detention, were “murdered by the SARS operatives”.
