Raid On Clark’s House: IGP Disbands Special Tactical Squad

BY AMOS DUNIA, ABUJA –  Following the raid on the residence of elder statesman and former minister of Information, Chief Edwin Clark, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the disbandment of the IGP Special Tactical Squad (IGP-STS) with immediate effect.

The IGP also ordered the redeployment of all the personnel of the squad to other departments and formations of the Force.

A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Acting DCP Jimoh Moshood said senior officers attached to the erstwhile Special Tactical Squad (STS) but who were linked with complicity or played conspiracy role(s) in the unauthorized, illegal and unprofessional misconduct in the search of Chief Clark’s residence in Asokoro, Abuja on September 4, 2018 are now undergoing strict disciplinary procedures.

 Moshood explained that the tactical operations and statutory core Police duties that the dissolved Special Tactical Squad (STS) were charged with have been collapsed and will now be carried out by other operational, investigative and response units of the Force.