ABUJA, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Nigeria has set up new unit to
"fill the gaps" left by an anti-robbery squad that was abolished
this week after nationwide protests, police said in a statement
on Tuesday.
Protesters across the nation took to the streets to demand
the former unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), be
disbanded following what they and international rights group
said was years of harassment and extortion.
President Muhammadu Buhari formally ordered SARS be
disbanded on Sunday.
In a statement, the inspector general of police said the new
Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team would "fill the gaps
arising from the dissolution of the defunct SARS".