Traders protest in Ekiti over arrest market president by RRS squad boss Marcus Ogundola

Traders in the popular Fayose market in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital on Thursday protested against the arrest of the president of the market, Babatunde Owa by the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) unit of the state police command.

The traders who grounded economic activities in the area carried placards with different inscriptions, asking for the release of Babatunde who they said was illegally detained.

They also called for the sacking of the commander of the RRS team, CSP Marcus Ogundola.

Speaking with Newsflash Nigeria, a trader said “Ogundola must go, he arrested our market president yesterday for no crime committed. No reason was given by him, he just asked his boys to arrest him”.

CSP Marcus Ogundola and operatives under the unit have been accused of unlawful arrests, conversion of suspects’ properties to personal use, and demand of “outrageous bail sums in exchange for people’s freedom”.

Newsflash Nigeria gathered that Ogundola was the commander of the notorious unit of the Nigeria Police Force, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) before it was disbanded last year after #EndSARS protests.

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SARS was notorious for brutality, extrajudicial killings, and human rights abuses.

Former Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on October 11, 2020, announced the disbandment of the police unit following nationwide protests over the police unit’s atrocities.

Some traders said the current RRS unit is made up of former SARS operatives.

The traders said the SARS unit was not disbanded in Ekiti because it is the same set of people that formed the new RRS now.

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