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There is tension in the Ijegun area of Lagos Mainland at the moment after an irate mob seized an operative of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad after a member of the team shot and killed a shop owner identified as Biliki. The incident was said to have happened while the SARS operatives were trying to apprehend
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A Magistrates’ Court in Ebute-Metta, Lagos Mainland, has ruled that Olalekan Ogunyemi, the Police Inspector accused of killing football fan Kolade Johnson, should remain in prison till June 10, 2019. The decision means 35 more days in Ikoyi Prison for Ogunyemi, who has already spent 30 days in prison since he was first remanded on
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A 41-year-old man has been arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Lagos State command, for snatching a Toyota Corolla car from its owner and attempting to sell it for N1 million in Ikorodu community of Lagos Mainland. The suspect, a father of five, Ademola Adeyemo, and his fleeing partner in crime identified
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Officials of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) attached to the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a suspected member of a syndicated specialized in importing fake drugs from China. The officials recovered of a truckload of Panadol Extra and Chloramphenicol eye-drop along the Mile 2-Badagry expressway, Lagos Mainland. The arrest was made following a tip off, which saw operatives of the Special
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A man, Emmanuel Adegbite, on the 5th of March 2019 was allegedly arrested by SARS officers while he was playing snooker at an Ikorodu hotel on Lagos Mainland. It was learnt that the officers, without a search warrant, illegally broke into Royal Crown Hotel Asolo Ikorodu and whisked Mr. Adegbite and some other people away. They
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Months after InsideMainland reported the plight of residents of Sologun Street in Aguda, Surulere, Lagos Mainland, and how they live in fear due to spike in armed robbery in the area, the situation has gotten worse with more residents now fleeing their homes. Recall that in August 2018, InsideMainland reported how notorious bandits barged into people’s homes
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Residents of Itun-Agan community in Amuwo-Odofin Local Government, Lagos Mainland, have appealed to the state government and the Inspector General of Police (IG), Ibrahim Idris, to save them from land grabbers. Some residents of the community alleged that the land grabbers were using a man popularly called Ajase, with the assistance
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The cries by hundreds of youths across the Lagos Mainland and other parts of the country on the harassment, extortion and brutalities of the operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has led to the viral demand for a reform or total end to the Police unit. In recent months, news
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There was apprehension in Abule-Ado along Ile-Epo, Satellite Town, Lagos Mainland, yesterday, Wednesday, August 1, 2018, as operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), Ikeja unit, shot a teenager dead in the community. InsideMainland gathered that the shooting occurred while the officers were chasing suspected criminals in the axis. In
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As residents across the Lagos Mainland and other parts of the State continue to condemn the harassment extortion and illegalities of the operatives Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), recent developments show that the officers concerned are not ready to desist from the acts. This is following a recent development in Agege community
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