National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, (NAPTIP), has dismissed five of its personnel, including a Deputy Director, for various offences.
The offences range from corruption; demanding and receiving bribes from suspects and relatives; leaking confidential information to suspects that endangered the lives of colleagues; violation of oath of secrecy; stealing and alteration of official records and Absent Without Official Leave.
Two other officers were demoted by two ranks for soliciting bribes from a suspect of human trafficking, while one officer was demoted by one rank for negligence of duty. “At that meeting, the Board considered and ratified the decision of the Agency’s Senior Staff Committee, , which earlier sat on the disciplinary matters in accordance with the Public Service Rules and other extant laws and regulations,” it states.
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