Police Disband IGP’s Special Squad over Raid of Clark’s House

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The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the immediate disbandment of the IGP Special Tactical Squad over the raid on the residence of elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark in Abuja.

The IGP also ordered the redeployment of all the personnel of the squad to other departments and formations of the force.

Four operatives of the STS reportedly carried out the raid of the Asokoro residence of Clark for arms and ammunition.

Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, in a statement in Abuja today said senior officers attached to the disbanded squad who were found to have played a role in the raid would be subjected to strict disciplinary procedures.

The statement says: “The tactical operations and statutory core police duties that the dissolved Special Tactical Squad were charged with are now collapsed and will be carried out by other operational, investigative and response units of the force.”

It added that the dissolution of the squad was with immediate effect.

The police authorities had earlier dismissed Insprs. Godwin Musa, Sada Abubakar and Yabo Paul who took direct part in the raid on the home of the Ijaw leader.

The policemen had searched the Ijaw leader’s residence for arms and ammunition following a tip from one Ismail Yakubu, who claimed to have received the information from an unidentified taxi driver.

Moshood had explained that the trio were dismissed “for the unauthorised, illegal and unprofessional misconduct in the search of the residence of Chief Edwin Clark in Asokoro, Abuja”.

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