A police boss has garnered praises online after he rejected an 80K bribe from three suspects including his own driver.
Reporting the incident, Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) praised the Samburu Officer Commanding Station (OCS) Andrew Nyabicha who rejected the Ksh. 80K bribe from the three men.
According to reports, the two men approached the driver of the OCS and asked him to convince his boss to accept the Ksh. 80K bribe from them.
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The money was to be used to seek the release of a suspect who robbed three foreign nationals he had smuggled into the country.
However, Immediately the three approached Nyabicha, he called the Ethics and anti corruption officials who arrested the three for attempting to bribe a state officer.
EACC spokesperson Eric Ngumbi lauded Nyabicha for his ethical stance in the fight against corruption. He acknowledged the significance of such actions in safeguarding national security and upholding the rule of law.
“This is what EACC expects of all Police Commanders across the country to weed out corruption from police operations, which has the effect of compromising security and access to justice.”
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Police reports indicate that the suspect whom the three wanted to be released had been apprehended for robbing and trafficking three Ethiopian nationals.
The suspect was found in possession of stolen items alongside forged documents which exposed his criminal activities.
This comes after a similar incident in November last year, a police officer received praise from the anti-graft commission after she turned down a Ksh1.7 million bribe offer.
The trio were accused of attempting to bribe a police officer to influence her investigations into fraudulent deals at the Port of Mombasa.