source: Nation (Nigeria)
actor1: Police Forces of Nigeria (2015-)
actor2: Civilians (Nigeria)
location: Aba
notes: About seven officers attached to the Imo State Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Aba, Abia State were violent towards the Abia State correspondent of The Nation Newspapers, Sunny Nwankwo, tearing his cloth and injuring him. The incident happened in front of the Aba Area Command Headquarters. SARS personnel attacked him with their AK-47 rifles, machetes and other weapons. The reason for the attack is not known. One suggests the officers may have been inebriated.