Nationwide demonstrations were held yesterday for and against proscription of the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) over which opinion is divided.
The security outfit has been accused of corruption, high-handedness and extra-judicial killings, sparking a wave of clamour for its abolition and calls for physical protest.
Marchers who yesterday took to the streets, however, intensified controversy on the significance of the squad for policing.
In Rivers State, the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman, Davis Ikanya, told Commissioner of Police Zaki Ahmed that the party decided to join the pro-SARS rally because many of its members had lost their lives.
“We are concerned about the call to scrap SARS. In 2015, over 300 of our members were killed or beheaded. From 2015 till date, we have lost more than 400. One day alone, in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni, we lost persons including my Ward 4 chairman, his pregnant wife, daughter and son,” he said.
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike is of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Protesters lock horns over #EndSARS nationwide
