Minister of Police affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi has explained why the Nigeria Police force swiftly created the Special Weapons and Tactics Team as a replacement for the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad unit.
The Minister
who appeared on Channels television's 'Politics Today' said the new police unit
was created because there are insecurity problem and assignments initially
carried out by the defunct SARS unit that had to be done by another.
He said;
“Many people
have expressed concerns about the swift reaction but we need to understand that
this issue of insecurity is at every hour presence and we have to take steps to
fill in the gap and that is why we established a new unit to replace SARS. The
assignment being done by SARS before they were disbanded is there to be
performed by somebody.
“So, we
needed to quicken the process to ensure that there is a unit in place that is
in charge of these things. And we cannot take them in to take charge of these
without giving them training and a new order so that they do not go and repeat
the same mistake as SARS.”
Muhammad
Dingyadi also revealed that the new police unit will continue carrying the
AK-47 rifle, but will combine it with intelligence.
He added;
“The AK-47
you are talking about, we think we are satisfied with the way it is being used
and we have no intention to change the weapon that they are using. But with the
changing trends in this century, we may consider the possibility of bringing in
new types of weapons that you see in other places. But for now, we are going to
continue with the AK-47, it serves the purpose that they are meant to serve.”
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