Mohammed Adamu, the Acting Inspector General of Police, has ordered the immediate disbandment of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Special Investigation Panel (SIP) and Special Tactical Squad (STS) set up by former IGP Ibrahim Idris.

He announced this on Monday at his inaugural conference with commissioners of police and other senior officers in Abuja.

Based on the new directive, Adamu said SARS  will now operate under the state’s commissioner of police while the Force headquarters unit would be under the Deputy Inspector General, Federal Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department.

He said the rearrangement was in line with new comprehensive reforms in ethics, mode of operation, and control accountability mechanism being put in place by his administration.

Adamu has also set up a Special Election Investigation Team (SEIT) with the responsibility of investigating and prosecuting electoral offenders.

The IGP Special Investigation Panel and IGP Special Tactical Squad were established by the former IGP, Ibrahim Idris, who also centralised the operations of SARS into Federal SARS.