The National Association of Polytechnics students, (NAPS) has called on the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari to restructure the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigerian Police following the killing of Remo Stars defender, Tiamiyu Kazeem.
The students in a statement by its media adviser, Bright Olorungbotemi, described the killing as provocative and toxic.
It would be recalled that the Remo Stars media officer, Oladimeji Oshode, last week announced the killing of the club’s assistant captain, Tiamiyu Kazeem, better known as ‘Kaka’ on Saturday along Sagamu road.
The club spokesperson accused the SARS operative of stopping the vehicle Kazeem was driving alongside his teammate Sanni Abubakar.
According to Oshode, Kazeem was allegedly pushed out of the vehicle by the SARS operative, who had mistaken him for a suspected internet fraudster (Yahoo boy), before he was hit by an oncoming vehicle.
However, the Ogun State Police Command claimed he jumped down from their vehicle, on their way to the police station, and was crushed by a hit-and-run driver.
NAPS condemned the actions of police officers, adding that they are in the society to protect Nigerians and not to cut short their life span.
He wrote: “We can not be fighting Boko haram, Herdsmen, Terrorists etc.. and also facing the oppression and depression from the body that is meant to safeguard the citizens but rather killing them.”
“The Nigeria Police is meant to protect the lives and properties of Nigerians and not to cut short their life span.”
What a “Garden of Innocent deaths Nation,” he said.
“The loss of a rising star like ‘Kaka’ is a very sad one, all the perpetrators should be brought to book and not audio sanction.
“There are also many special lives that have been wasted by the insensitivity of the security operatives,” Olorungbotemi concluded.
