SARS officers detained by Kwara police over alleged sexual harassment ...

The Commissioner of Police in Kwara State, Mr. Lawan Ado, has said that the four police officers of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad alleged to have sexually harassed a lady, Kachi Anifela Zion, along Pipeline Area in Ilorin had been detained.


Zion had through her Instagram page -@69bars, alleged that some SARS officers accosted her at ‘Pipeline Area’ in Ilorin at the weekend, accused her of prostitution and searched her. She specifically accused one of the officers of inserting his fingers into her private parts.

Good evening everyone, I'm at the height of my disappointment with the Nigerian police force, this evening ,I was going to get dinner only for them to stop me Nd push me into their truck, then they started asking me why I have yahoo apps on my phone that I'm a yahoo girl Nd shit, after searching Nd not finding any evidence, they immediately accused me of prostitution, I said no, we argued for a while, then the man (one of the federal SARS officials) came to me Nd started shouting that I'm carrying hard drugs that he wants to search my body for narcotics Nd shit, then this bastard put his hands INSIDE my bra, while I was shouting Nd trying to get out, he said he was going to beat me up if he heard another sound, amidst all my crying Nd struggles this bastard rough Handled me, dipped his hands in my pant , saying (no be today I start to dey see drugs for girl bra or yansh) I begged to call my mother and they refused, seized my phone,One man even came down from his car to beg for me Nd they chased him away saying he should mind his business. I cried bitterly, this is one experience that' has demoralized me the most. They were federal SARS, their patrol was at pipeline at about 9pm. I hate the police!!! #stopharrasmentSARS

A post shared by Kachi Anifela Zion (@69bars) on Oct 15, 2017 at 5:11pm PDT

Ado, who responded through the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ajayi Okasanmi, in an interview in Ilorin on Tuesday said he was sad at the allegation.

Okasanmi confirmed that he had been in contact with the spokesperson of the Zone 2 Police Command, Dolapo Badmus.

The Kwara PPRO said after he got information of the allegation through the social media, the CP directed that Zion should be invited to the command to shed more light on her allegation.

He stated that the lady honoured the invitation on Tuesday morning and had made useful statements.

Okasanmi said further that the four SARS officers were also invited for interrogation where they denied involvement in the act.

He stated that they are being detained by the command as investigation into the matter continues.

Thank you for the love ❤️, thank you thank you thank you!!!! More details would be given later #stopharrassmentsars

A post shared by Kachi Anifela Zion (@69bars) on Oct 17, 2017 at 9:28am PDT