EndSARS: Why IGP Adamu Must Resign – Law Students

The Law Students’ Association of Nigeria (LAWSAN) has called on the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to resign over the issue of police brutality in the country.

LAWSAN made the call after a petition asking the International Criminal Court (ICC) to arrest and prosecute Adamu gathered over 100,000 signatures.

The call came against the backdrop of recent protests across the country over allegations of extra-judicial killings, extortion and harassment by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), which was recently disbanded by the IGP.

LAWSAN accused the IGP of incompetence and asked him to resign.

Blessing Agbomhere, LAWSAN national president, made the call at a press conference on Tuesday in Abuja.

According Agbomhere, activities of some “bag eggs” in the force have led to the loss of many innocent lives.

“The crescendo to the EndSARS protest was the Arrest, Detention, Molestation, Intimidation, Humiliation, Dehumanization and Rape of TREASURE NDUKA, a student of the Nigerian Law School, Abuja Campus who was arrested at Ojuelegba Lagos, along with very many other Nigerians across the Nation. Although most of those arrested have been released, many lives have been lost,” Agbomhere said.

“A fortiori, we hereby direct the inspector-general of police, Abubakar Adamu to resign immediately for his incompetence.

“If he refuses to do the same immediately, we direct the national assembly to remove him from office within the next two hours.

“If the national assembly refuses to do this within the next three hours after this release, we order President Muhammadu Buhari to sack and remove from office the IGP Abubakar Adamu for gross incompetence, an act which is capable of leading to a breach of national security.

“President Muhammadu Buhari should appoint an acting IGP among the most senior police officers who shall release and revive all arrested and killed protesters, pay damages to them and their families, and put a permanent end to the menace of these unscrupulous elements operating under the cover of the police force.

“We are ready to deploy all instrumentalities and principalities of the law to solve this problem if nothing is done immediately,” said LAWSAN.