Obviously, No! If SARS is disbanded today, the members of the SARS team will continue with the killing in whatever role they find themselves in future.

Calling for an end to SARS is a good start, but that does not solve the problem. Nigerians should instead, call for a complete overhaul of all the security forces, including military and para-military.

This overhaul should include: re-orientating the men, retraining them, especially in respect to arms handling and meting out appropriate punishment for offenders.

A little explanation:

1. Reorientation - The security personnels should be made to understand what their primary responsibility is - to protect lives and properties. You'll be shocked to learn that most of them do not know. They should be taught that, no matter the circumstance, you do not draw your weapon, or point your rifle at someone you're supposed to protect.

One of the commandments given to us at the military training school, "Do not point your rifle at a friend (unarmed person)." We were told then that it was a dismissal offence to point our weapons at someone who is not armed and a threat to us, let alone pull the trigger.

I don't know the kind of message they pass to our security forces at the training school these days, but I think it should be looked into.

2. Training - Our men are not properly trained in handling rifles, especially the para-military (police, immigration, custom, NDLEA, Civil Defense, etc). Each of them you see wielding a rifle is a threat to your life. Hence, you have to be careful when dealing with them. I see lapses every day in respect of this. For instance, We're supposed to point our rifles at a certain angle and to ensure that there's no obstruction, before clearing it. A good number of these uniform guys don't know this. You see them discharge their weapons anyhow and for no reason. The government needs to do something about the training.

3. Punishment - I didn't witness this in the service, but was told that in those days, before a shooting exercise commences at the range, two graves are dug. One for the victim and one for the culprit, in the event that a soldier shoots another dead, deliberately or mistakenly. Same should be enforced. Any law enforcement agent who shoots and kills an innocent person, should face judgement, and if found guilty, executed by a firing squad, to serve as a deterrent to others.

4. Accountability - Those days in the military, you give account of your ammunition. If you're issued 20 rounds, you cannot return and handover 19 rounds to the armorer without explanation. In fact, you'll write a statement explaining how you used the ammo. A detailed investigation will be carried out to ascertain your claims.

It should be implemented fully, in all forces.

5. Mental Evaluation - Our security men should be mentally evaluated at the point of entry and periodically while in service. Anyone who fails the test should be discharged immediately. Most people will not agree with me on this, majority of these guys you see wearing uniforms are not normal. For some, their cognitive and reasoning abilities have been ruined by drugs. They're not different from armed lunatics.

Until these and other measures are implemented, the killings will not stop!

I concur
harsh punishment should be placed in security forces that kills

such punishment like capital punishment for the killer
non payments of entitlement and benefits to the family
with this even if he doesn't care about his life at least he should consider that of his family

Thanks for your contribution, other points are equally important.

RemiTinubu:
I concur
harsh punishment should be placed in security forces that kills

such punishment like capital punishment for the killer
non payments of entitlement and benefits to the family
with this even if he doesn't care about his life at least he should consider that of his family

We've had extra judicial killings perpetrated by the police on an even larger scale, so I wonder why they're calling for SARS to be scrapped when same SARS operatives will still be in the force to continue their sprees.

Let police be scrapped #JustKidding

The guys above me are right, strict regulation is the best way to go

All police officers should be given cane and koboko instead of guns. This will ensure no one is killed

In whatever way they choose to operate when they end SARS .... we will kill them right in their houses without any fear of govt intervention!!!!..... when dey end SARS they will know what it means to be humble when power is taken away from someone...especially when we trusted them with our security and they ended up reducing our numbers with bullets!!!

Let them fortify themselves with enough jazz .. cos we will penetrate them hard and all their lineage!!

for now... we are waiting patiently!!

It will reduce it however alot of police officers need to be jailed while the rest retrained on mordern policing practices and strategy

RemiTinubu:
I concur
harsh punishment should be placed in security forces that kills

such punishment like capital punishment for the killer
non payments of entitlement and benefits to the family
with this even if he doesn't care about his life at least he should consider that of his family

harsh punishment should be placed on security force that fire indiscriminately either in happiness or just to clear traffic jam, etc.

Make them just end it first

No it won't end the killing l.... But it will reduce it...


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End SARS and reform police would be alright

Yes of course!











Moreso, PMB should provide more jobs, especially for goslow gala traders from the East

If you END SARS criminals go run us down for Nigeria.

Until we start making SARS officials who kill innocent Nigerians pay and face justice for their crimes.

Then the killings would stop!

But we are not ready yet.

I STAND WITH BURNABOY#

RIP to all the innocent victims of SARS Brutality.

Your killers will never know peace and would never grow old to there 3 generation.

Just endsars then afterwards we’ll know if the killings will end. At least we’ll know we’ve tackled one of our numerous problems

I was going through some series of "police chase" live on sky5 on YouTube, mostly from LA... then it dawned on me referring Nigeria to a zoo is an insult to all animals living in zoos.


Op, You've written well. What they really need is number 3, death penalty. The rest are useless to these guys, they're irredeemable.

SARS initial purpose was/is to hit dare devil arm robbers. they are not supposed to be known ( that's why they were not wearing uniforms), stop and search or investigate.

In addition to good points raised by the Op, SARS should be made to carry out their main and only purpose to hit dare devil arm robbers/kidnappers/criminals, etc.

Call for its end is the same as calling for scrapping of the whole security apparatus in Nigeria, knowing fully when that the difference between/among them (military, police, customs, civil defence, etc) is the difference between 6 and 7 or difference between APC and PDP.

This my man just dey type big big grammar #EndSarsJor

it will end until we all join force and protest about their jungle killing not via Online called #Endsars

I see nothing wrong with Sars
Haters should go and kill theirselves

they should just let every state be responsible for her own policing.

they've done more harm than good.
The masses say STOP THEM.
stop them before they will eliminate the masses

This is the first reasonable piece I've read of this SARS issue. Nigerians don't want to address roots, just branches. Why are they not calling for Army to end, with all the killings ?

This country don tire me...hoha

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bros take your time oh

Oga #EndSARS Nigeria's want nothing more