SARS: ‘Lie From Pit Of Hell’ – Femi Adesina Denies Blocking Police Squad’s Dissolution

Femi Adesina, the senior media adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari, has denied reports that the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) would have been disbanded on Friday if not that he hindered it.

An online news medium had reported that the disbandment of SARS, “was initially scheduled to be made on Friday after Mr. Adamu met with President Muhammadu Buhari” but that Adesina “thwarted” the move, saying “the administration should not surrender to Twitter warriors.”

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The presidential aide had come under heavy criticisms over the report, as Nigerians blamed him for the death of one Jimoh Isiaq who was reportedly killed by stray bullet during an EndSARS protests in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, on Saturday.

But responding on Sunday, Adesina denied issuing any public or private statement regarding the development that led to the scrapping of the SARS by the police.

He said in a Facebook post: “While the FSARS saga lasted, I did not say a word on it, whether publicly or privately. Why? It was not within my brief. It rested squarely with the Nigeria Police Force, which has its own spokesman.

“For the online publication to have cooked outright falsehood against me shows the riot that is going on in that space, in the name of journalism.

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“The brain behind the blog had always twisted stories against me and his former employers would testify that I had officially reported him about twice, till I then declined to grant him interviews again.
“The publication should please be treated as what it is: lie from the pit of hell. A concoction, falsehood from a diseased mind, bent on causing disaffection against other people,” said Adesina.

Meanwhile, the Presidency announced on Sunday that President Buhari had issued a directive to IGP Adamu regarding steps to be taken to fill the “policing gaps” created by the disbanded police squad.

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