{"id":31279,"date":"2020-10-17T20:00:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T20:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=31279"},"modified":"2020-10-17T20:00:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T20:00:44","slug":"obiano-visits-sars-offices-in-anambra-frees-detainees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/obiano-visits-sars-offices-in-anambra-frees-detainees","title":{"rendered":"Obiano visits SARS offices in Anambra, frees detainees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano on Saturday visited the three offices of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).<\/p>\n<p>The offices are in Ekwulobia, Neni and Awkuzu.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST gathered that the governor during the visit granted bail unconditionally to three detainees illegally held by the defunct unit.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the exercise, Governor Obiano said, \u201cthe Commissioner of Police in the state has released everyone detained illegally, and everyone remanded by the order of the court, will remain there until their cases are determined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obiano had on Thursday sacked his senior security aide, James Nwafor, who was formerly a SARS boss in the state before his appointment.<\/p>\n<p>He had also promised to free detained persons and also ensure that Nwafor who was accused of killing and maiming many, was brought to book.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press Nigeria: Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano on Saturday visited the three offices of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The offices are in Ekwulobia, Neni and Awkuzu. DAILY POST gathered that the governor during the visit granted bail unconditionally to three detainees illegally held by the defunct unit. Speaking during the exercise, Governor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":18991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1107,1545],"class_list":["post-31279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-obiano","tag-sars"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Obiano visits SARS offices in Anambra, frees detainees - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Africa-Press Nigeria:Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano on Saturday visited the three offices of the defunct Special\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/obiano-visits-sars-offices-in-anambra-frees-detainees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Obiano visits SARS offices in Anambra, frees detainees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press Nigeria:Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano on Saturday visited the three offices of the defunct Special\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/obiano-visits-sars-offices-in-anambra-frees-detainees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-17T20:00:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/Governor-Willie-Obiano-of-Anambra-state.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/obiano-visits-sars-offices-in-anambra-frees-detainees#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/obiano-visits-sars-offices-in-anambra-frees-detainees\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Obiano visits SARS offices in Anambra, frees detainees\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-17T20:00:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/obiano-visits-sars-offices-in-anambra-frees-detainees\"},\"wordCount\":144,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/obiano-visits-sars-offices-in-anambra-frees-detainees#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/Governor-Willie-Obiano-of-Anambra-state.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Obiano\",\"SARS\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/obiano-visits-sars-offices-in-anambra-frees-detainees#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/obiano-visits-sars-offices-in-anambra-frees-detainees\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/obiano-visits-sars-offices-in-anambra-frees-detainees\",\"name\":\"Obiano visits SARS offices in Anambra, frees detainees - 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