By Newslineglobal
National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has dismissed five officers including a Deputy Director, for various criminal offences.
The Press Officer, NAPTIP, Adekoye Vincent in a press statement on Wednesday, said 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.
According to the statement, two other officers were demoted by two ranks for soliciting for bribe from a suspect of human trafficking, while one officer was demoted by one rank for negligence of duty.
Meanwhile, a Federal High Court sitting in Sokoto has convicted a Law Enforcement Officer and sentenced him to prison.
He was convicted on a two-count charge of trafficking, contrary to section 26 (2) of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act (2015) and was sentenced to 5years the