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Know your SARS history: The Special Anti-Robbery Squad was founded in 1992 by former police commissioner Simeon Danladi Midenda. The major reason SARS was formed was when Col. Rindam, a Nigerian Army Colonel was killed by police officers at a checkpoint in Lagos. #EndSARS
When the information reached the army, soldiers were dispatched into the streets of Lagos in search of any police officer. The police withdrew from checkpoints, security areas and other points of interest, some were said to have resigned while others fled for their lives
After months of dialogue the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police Force came to an understanding and official police duties began again in Lagos. The SARS unit was officially commissioned in Lagos following a ceasefire by the army after settlement.
