The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has sacked a a deputy director and four other officers for involvement in bribery, corruption and leaking confidential information to suspects.
According to the Press Officer of the Agency, Vincent Adekoye, the dismissed officials were leaking confidential information to suspects that endangered the lives of colleagues, violating the oath of secrecy, stealing and alteration of official records and being absent without official leave.
He added that 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.
Adekoye also announced that a Federal High Court sitting in Sokoto State convicted a law enforcement officer and sentenced him to prison.
