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Posts Tagged ‘ Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) ’

Mixed Reactions Trail Disbandment Of SARS, Eagle Squad

Apr 7th, 2010 | By Bankole Alao David | Category: NEWS

Following the recent disbandment of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and Eagle Squad, by Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Olusegun Solomon, members of the public have been reacting to the development with different opinions. OSUN DEFENDER investigation revealed that residents of Osogbo, the state capital, who had bitter experiences with the two anti-robbery squads, welcomed [...]



Mass Transfer Rocks Osun SARS, Eagle Squad

Mar 30th, 2010 | By Bankole Alao David | Category: Front Page Story

The Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olusegun Solomon has carried out a major shake-up in the formation of the state Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and the Eagle Squad units of police in the state. The Officers-In-Charge (OC) and other top officers in the two anti-robbery squads, who are major forces in combating armed robbery [...]



SARS Detains Oyinlola’s Commissioner Over Robbery

Jul 4th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Front Page Story

THE aftermath of armed political thuggery employed by the embattled Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to rig the 2007 general elections in Osun State, has taken its toll on the state Commissioner for Education, Mr Jelili Adesiyan, as he was detained and grilled by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) for allegedly aiding and abetting [...]



Aagba Obaship Tussle: We Don’t Have Confidence In Osun Police – Indigenes

Jan 17th, 2009 | By admin | Category: NEWS

SEQUEL to the mass arrest and detention of indigenes of Aagba community in Boripe Local Government Council Area of Osun State by the police for participating in a peaceful protest in the town recently, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mike Okiro, has been urged to intervene in the crisis rocking the community over the next [...]



Police Force Headquarter Disowns Eagle Squad

Jan 17th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Front Page Story

•CP Moronike’s Compromise Raised •Investigation On Extra-judicial Killings Soon THE unprecedented compromise of Osun State Police Command has finally opened to the Police Force Headquarters, Abuja, as the establishment of the much dreaded ‘Eagle Squad’ by the state Commissioner of Police (CP), John Moronike has been disowned by the nation’s police authority. It would be [...]



Ife Bank Robbery: Another Two Suspects Arrested

Jan 3rd, 2009 | By Moremi | Category: NEWS

TWO weeks after a six-man armed robbery gang raided three banks in Ile-Ife, in which over 24 victims were shot dead, while nothing less than 54 persons sustained gunshot injuries, police authority in Osun state has arrested another two suspects, who were allegedly involved in the bank robbery. The police had earlier paraded three armed [...]



Need For A Refined CP In Osun

Jan 3rd, 2009 | By Moremi | Category: Letter To The Editor

KINDLY permit me a space to air my views on happenings in Osun State concerning the activities of men of the police force but first let me commend your team’s effort at ensuring that the people are well informed. These days, I wonder whether there is still a commissioner of police in the state. Last [...]



Revisiting Dis(Honourable) Osun AC Lawmakers

Dec 26th, 2008 | By admin | Category: FEATURE

HOME TRUTH WITH GOKE BUTIKA NIGERIA is a great country, a nation of nations, a state of anything goes. We are rugged and blessed with thick skin for suffering. This is a country where oddities have become part of our daily schedule. No wonder, the president of Credit Card International was quoted to have philosophically [...]



Plans To Hire False Bomb Blast Witnesses Against AC Leaders Uncovered!

Nov 18th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Front Page Story

We have been reliably informed of alleged plans by Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola to use some operatives of a particular security agency (name withheld) to hire false witnesses to testify against and implicate leaders of the Action Congress (AC) in Osun State over the June 14, 2007 explosion at the State Secretariat, Abere. Under this plan, [...]



Rumble At Osun SARS

Nov 6th, 2008 | By admin | Category: NEWS

Falcon and falconet appear to be operating from different wavelengths at the Osun State Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), as some operatives reportedly planted by the erstwhile Officer-In-Charge (OC), Mr Agbanajelu Jude were hell-bent in destroying the current OC, Akinlolu Okunola. OSUN DEFENDER gathered that the aggrieved boys, as members of squad are popularly addressed by [...]