NAPTIP Dismisses Deputy Director, Four Officers For Misconduct

Deputy director and four other officers have been fired by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons for a variety of offenses, including bribery, corruption, and disclosing private information to suspects.

Vincent Adekoye, the NAPTIP’s press officer, revealed this in a statement on Wednesday.
The offenses, according to Adekoye, range from corruption to extortion of bribes from suspects and family members.

He claimed that additional offenses committed by the police included divulging private information to criminals that put the lives of their coworkers in peril, breaking the secrecy pledge, stealing and falsifying official records, and missing work without authorization.

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He said, “These offences are all contrary to provisions of the Public Service Rules and other extant laws and regulations. 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.
“The disciplinary actions followed the approval of the Governing Board of the Agency at its meeting of May 25, 2023. 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.”

Adekoye also announced that a Federal High Court sitting in Sokoto State convicted a law enforcement officer and sentenced him to prison.

He said the officer was convicted on two counts of trafficking, contrary to section 26 (2) of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act (2015) and was sentenced to five years on each count.

He added, “This is NAPTIP’s 37th conviction and counting for the year 2023.”

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