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Police Inspector General of Nigeria Clarence Massaquoi said the National
Police force has been heavily engaged in drug trafficking and every
institution has bad apples.
He, however, told journalists at a press briefing Sunday that
authorities are bent on ensuring that professionalism is upheld among
its ranks and file.
According to him, the bad action of some officers has nothing to do
with salary or incentives. However, he promised to take drastic action
against any police officer, including dismissal if they go contrary to
the law.
He further said that no matter who that officer is; whether he is a ranking officer or not he will deal with him or her accordingly.
The police chief spoke Sunday at the National Police Headquarters on
Capitol Hill when a team of Highway Patrol 62 intercepted a black Nissan
X-Terra, Plate NG 2143, operated by the patrolman Samwon Doe with a
huge quantity of drugs.
Patrolman Samwon Doe, of the Police Support Unit, was arrested
Sunday, 5 January along the Bomi highway with 145kilograms of marijuana
worth about L$966,000.00. Two unidentified occupants of the vehicle are
said to be on the run.
Inspector General Massaquoi said the two occupants, who were riding
with Officer Doe, suddenly disembarked the vehicle after they recognized
the Police mobile, thereby creating suspicion which led to the
immediate search of the car.
At the same time the police authority has with immediate effect
dismissed Officer Samwon Doe from the LNP and turned him over to the
Drugs Enforcement Agency (DEA) for further investigation.
This brings to two the latest incident involving police officers
directly caught smuggling cannabis. On 9 November, 2013 the government
joint security forces arrested the commander of President Ellen
Johnson-Sirleaf's escort motorcade division Perry Dolo of the Liberia
National Police, while smuggling marijuana from neighboring Sierra Leone
to Liberia.
