The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has dismissed five of its personnel, including a Deputy Director, for various offences.
NAPTIP spokesman Adekoye Vincent disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.
The offence include corruption, demanding and receiving bribes from suspects and relatives, leaking confidential information to suspects that endangered the lives of colleagues, violating the oath of secrecy stealing and altering official records, and being absent without official leave.
All of these offenses are in violation of the Public Service Rules and other existing laws and regulations.
Additionally, two police officers were reduced by two ranks for seeking a bribe from a human trafficking suspect. One was demoted by a rank for dereliction of duty.
The disciplinary proceedings were approved by the Agency’s Governing Board at its meeting on May 25, 2023.
The Board evaluated and approved the decision of the Agency’s Senior Staff Committee (SSC), which had previously met to discuss disciplinary concerns in line with the Public Service Rules and other applicable laws and regulations.
