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Also known as: 'B' Department of Operations| DOPs [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Classified as: Police [+]

Parent units

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Subsidiaries

Name Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad [+] FSARS [+]
SARS [+]
Special Anti-Robbery Squad [+]
Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force [+] 		Police [+]
Special Anti-Robbery Squad [+] 		4 December 2017 [+] 22 December 2017 [+]
Police Mobile Force [+] MOPOL [+]
PMF [+] 		Police [+]
Police Mobile Force (Riot Police) [+] 		1983 [+] 2010 [+]

Personnel

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Name Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Fatai Owoseni [+] None in-charge of administration [+] 1 July 2015 [+]

Sources

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
19 January 2001 This Day Anyanwu Calls for Relocation of Police Zonal Command
10 March 2004 Vanguard Akume: Police Arrest 44 Suspects
02 June 2004 Vanguard Police Discover Arms Depot in Abia
26 January 2012 Daily Trust The Man M.D. Abubakar
21 May 2012 Daily Trust Suspicious Man Arrested at Police HQ
24 October 2016 This Day Police Deny Recovering 19 Suvs From Arase
27 March 2015 Daily Independent Polls - IG Redeploys Six DIGs, 11 Others
02 July 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) Owoseni replaces Aderanti as Lagos CP
1990 Armed Forces Ruling Council Police Act 1990 Part II S.6 18 September 2018
11 March 2016 News Agency of Nigeria 35 suspects arrested in arms mop-up operation in Delta
22 August 2010 Nigeria Police Force DEPARTMENT 'D'
2013 Budget Office of the Federation POLICE FORMATIONS AND COMMAND
Nigeria Police Force The Structure of the Nigeria Police Force
2012 Nigeria Police Force STATE STRUCTURE ORGANOGRAM OF ZONE NINE COMMAND
27 March 2015 Vanguard IGP Redeploys Top Officers On Election Duty
07 May 2013 Vanguard Nigeria: IG Orders Redeployment of 11 CPS With Immediate Effect
22 July 2014 Vanguard Chime Plots Deputy's Impeachment, Mobilises Lawmakers
08 September 2014 Vanguard Lagos, 20 other states get new Police Commissioners
09 June 2016 Vanguard New FCT Commissioner of police assumes duty
2007 Spectrum Books Limited Policing Nigeria in the 21st Century. "Police Mobile Force: How Far, How Well?"
18 June 2010 Daily Trust Policemen to Be Sacked for Failing Promotion Exams
15 January 2019 Nigeria Police Force Acting Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, NPM, mni assumes duty at the Force Headquarters, Abuja. 23 January 2022
04 December 2017 Nigeria Police Force “IGP ORDERS IMMEDIATE RE-ORGANIZATION OF SPECIAL ANTI-ROBBERY SQUAD (SARS) ACROSS THE COUNTRY”
22 December 2017 Nigeria Police Force “AN ADDRESS BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, IGP IBRAHIM K
21 January 2022 Newsmakers IGP Baba Replaces Odumosu with CP Abiodun Alabi in Lagos …Posts Garba, Abass to Yobe, Benue 22 January 2022
23 September 2021 Newsmakers Officer Killed as Police Clash with Motorbike Riders in Lagos …CP Visits Divisions to Assess Security 21 January 2022
Nigeria Police Force Department of Operations
2010 Network on Police Reform in Nigeria et al Criminal Force – Torture, Abuse, and Extrajudicial Killings by the Nigeria Police Force
07 April 2021 Premium Times PHOTOS: Ex-IGP Adamu formally hands over to Alkali 23 January 2022
15 January 2019 TODAY Mohammed Adamu officially assumes office as acting IGP 23 January 2022
24 January 2016 Vanguard How Fulani herdsmen abducted, killed Delta monarch