Lagos head of SARS not sacked but redeployed… PPRO

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Against widespread reports making the rounds in the media that the Commander in charge of Special Anti Robbery Squad in Lagos&comma; CSP Peter Gana was sacked&comma; the Nigerian Police has debunked the claims as baseless and unfounded which has the capacity to destabilize the tranquility within the Force&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>In a statement released by the Lagos Police Command PPRO&comma; DSP Bala Elkana&comma; the gallant officer CSP Gana was redeployed to Kaduna on the orders of the IGP Adamu on another assignment&period; &&num;8216&semi;CP Hakeem Odumosu commends the giant stride made by the outgone Officer in charge of SARS&comma; CSP Peter Gana in confronting criminal elements in the State and his ability to firmly supervise and coordinate the activities of Officers and men under his control&period; CSP Gana is redeployed to Kaduna State by the Inspector General of Police for another assignment&&num;8217&semi;&comma; the statement reads&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>It added&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Lagos State Police Command has in the last six months witnessed a huge decrease in crime rate due to the strategies put in place by the seasoned crime fighting Commissioner of Police&comma; Hakeem Odumosu psc&period; From November 2019 to date the Command has successfully foiled 136 armed robbery attempts and arrested 129 armed robbery suspects&period; 44 firearms of different calibre with large caches of ammunition were recovered&period; 146 suspects were arrested for murder and 198 for cultism and gang violence&period; These were achieved through the efforts of dedicated and hardworking Police Officers mainly from the SARS and other tactical units of the Command&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>A new Officer has been put in charge of SARS in Lagos&period; The new OC&comma; CSP Kehinde Johnson has been encouraged &&num;8216&semi;to build on the successes recorded by his predecessor and to also bring his wealth of experience to bear in piloting the affairs of the Command’s Special Anti Robbery Squad&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>It would be recalled that an online media&comma; TheCaveat&period;info had on 13th May 2020 released a report titled &&num;8216&semi;Increasing Criminal Cases in Lagos&colon; Odumosu sacks Anti-Robbery Unit Head for non-performance&&num;8217&semi; in which the AIG in charge of Zone 2&comma; Ahmed Iliyasu and Lagos Commissioner of Police&comma; Hakeem Odumosu were said to be having sleepless nights because of shoddy investigation of robbery cases&period; This was said to lead to &&num;8216&semi;several moves were made by top officers in Lagos to redeploy him but top officers at the force headquarters have thwarted such moves&&num;8217&semi;&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Unsubstantiated claims such as these could cause disarray among the rank and file in the Force&period; And it will not mean goodwill for all and sundry&comma; thus the Police PPRO advises media professionals to confirm reports before publishing<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;