Senate investigates SARS over alleged brutality in Nigeria

By OakTV

06 December 2017 | 1:45 pm

The Senate on Tuesday mandated its Ad Hoc Committee on Security to investigate allegations of human rights abuses against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad on the Nigeria Police Force.

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