Special Anti-Robbery Squad
The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) was a Nigerian Police Force unit created in late 1992 to deal with crimes associated with robbery, motor vehicle theft, kidnapping, cattle rustling, and firearms. It was part of the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCIID), headed by the then Deputy Inspector General of Police Anthony Ogbizi.

SARS was controversial for its links to extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances, extortion, torture, framing, blackmail, kidnapping, illegal organ trade, armed robbery, home invasions, rape of men and women, child arrests, the invasion of privacy, and polluting bodies of water with the illegal disposal of human remains. SARS was investigated several times in response to protests, but without results; reforms were promised in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. The unit was disbanded on 11 October 2020 after worldwide protests under the motto "End SARS" occurred.
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Nigerian Police Force
ORG
Q53706
robbery
Concept
Q548007
motor vehicle theft
Concept
Q318296
kidnapping
Concept
Q2661898
cattle rustling
UNK
Q12796
firearm
Concept
None
Anthony Ogbizi
UNK
Q2717573
extrajudicial killings
Concept
Q1288449
forced disappearance
Concept
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extortion
Concept
Q132781
torture
Concept
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framing
UNK
Q34284
blackmail
Concept
Q318296
kidnapping
Concept
Q1147995
illegal organ trade
Concept
Q53706
armed robbery
Concept
Q3560381
home invasions
Concept
Q47092
rape
Concept
Q8354932
invasion of privacy
Concept
Q48811126
End SARS
MEDIA
Q86754597
Special Anti-Robbery Squad
ORG
1992-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1992
DATE
2016-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2016
DATE
2017-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2017
DATE
2018-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2018
DATE
2019-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2019
DATE
2020-10-11T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
11 October 2020
DATE
inception