February 28, 2017 – NDLEA Arrests Nigerian Police Inspector Who Used Welfare Bus To Transport Cannabis In Lokoja Kogi State
Nigerian Police Inspector Who Used Welfare Bus To Transport Cannabis From Edo To Kogi State Arrested
An official of the Nigerian Police Force has been arrested for abuse of office and drug trafficking.
The suspect who is said to be a serving Police inspector in Kogi was nabbed with a truck loaded with 75 bags of Cannabis which worth over N4million.
The criminal identified as 33-year-old Inspector Abali Zagi was arrested in Lokoja inside the Police Welfare truck with Plate # NPF 7973 C.
Zagi was among the 14 suspected drug traffickers paraded at the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency headquarter in Kogi state on Monday.
He was said to have picked up the banned substance in Okpila area of Edo state.
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I SUGGEST that more stringent penalties be reserved for officers of the law who are found guilty of drug trafficking, kidnapping, armed robbery and the likes. Being a police or army officer makes one less likely to be suspected of crimes, and directs the searchlight on others. Hence, to badly exploit this privilege is heartbreaking , for it is the height of breach of trust, and a special law with harsher conditions should be made to deal exclusively on officers who indulge in such crimes. This—who knows?—could be the deterrent condition we need in this nation.
Well spoken.