“Stop Arresting Yahoo Boys” – Police IG Warns SARS
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has cautioned operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) to stop arresting internet fraudsters otherwise known as ‘yahoo boys’.
Daily Trust quoted the police chief as saying that their area of operation covered armed robbery and kidnapping; warning further that any officer caught arresting cyber-crime suspects would be sanctioned appropriately.
Idris gave the warning yesterday at the FSARS headquarters at Magbo in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
The IGP was represented by the team leader of South West Monitoring Fact Finding Committee on SARS Reform, DCP Adepojulo Ilori.
He said the committee had embarked on the inspection of SARS detention facilities across the southwest states.
The committee reviewed the case files of all the suspects in detention and promised to transfer all civil cases to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for further investigation to de-congest the detention facility.
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