By Deldavdan Afowha
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mr. Ibrahim Idris, on Friday ordered the immediate disbandment of the IGP’s Special Tactical Squad (IGP-STS)
as result of their complicity and involvement in the illegal raid on Chief Edwin Clark’s house on Tuesday in Abuja.
Consequently all the personnel of the squad were also ordered to be redeployed to other departments/formations of the Force with immediate effect.
Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr. Jimoh Moshood, in a statement made available to SHARPEDGENEWSOnline, said the senior officers of the squad linked with complicity or played conspiracy role(s) in the unauthorized and unprofessional misconduct in the search of Clark’s residence are being subjected to disciplinary procedures.
He said: “The tactical operations and statutory core Police duties that the dissolved Special Tactical Squad (STS) were charged with are now collapsed and will be carried out by other operational, investigative and response units of the Force.
“This dissolution of the Special Tactical Squad (STS) is with immediate effect.”