Malawi police transfers cop suspecting of shielding Nigerian druglord Ojukwu
Deputy Head of Drugs Section in the Malawi Police, Assistant Supritendant S. Raphael has been transferred from police headquarters to a Nathenje Police Station following reports that some drugs dealers in Lilongwe from Nigeria are being shielded by cops.
This follows the arrest of Nigerian national Alex Ojukwu, nicknamed “Old Man” on Sunday after the death of a 26-year-old Lilongwe-based Malawian man, Riad Randeri, in Brazil in what his parents and community members suspect to be a drug mission gone wrong.
Father to the deceased, Hanif Randeri, who stays in Area 47 said in an interview Monday that he last saw his son in a taxi with a Nigerian national who is the father’s tenant.
Ojukwu said he had indeed send the Malawian to Brazil on drug-dealing mission but refused to disclose where exactly the dead body is.
One of the residents, John Dzuwa, a relation to the bereaved family, said Area 47bin Lilongwe has Ben infested with drug dealers mostly from Nigeria who are luring Malawian youth into drug and substance abuse.
Police acting Inspector General Rodney Jose ordered the transfer of deputy head of drug section.
A transfer notification seen by Nyasa Times reads: “A/sup S. Raphael from 21/c drugs to Nathenje.”
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Abwana Jose, NJOKA SAWETAAAA. Adatero akuluakulu a mzeru zakuya
The worst thing is Nigerians are wicked. if in Malawi we have Mavuto a anthu ofuna magazi ndiye ma business awo , Satanic, drug dealers. and they are users. Chonde abale ndi alongo ngati Ndalamazo zili za easy osapanga okha bwanji? tiyeni tichenje.
Is this a transfer …??? He will still be staying in the same house & work at Nathenje…????
Me I say NO to foreigners domination in my land
Transferring the problem from one location to another. The best remedy is suspend, investigate and decide based on findings.
my thoughts are just as good as yours. transfer does not make any sense, the problem will continue wherever these have been moved to.
I would even suggest the government locks up these kingpins and their syndicates for life. They are responsible for killing an entire generation of potential doctors, scientists, engineers, artisans, entrepreneurs, leaders. I can understand why the president of Philippines is killing these drug lords one by one. If Malawi is not careful, it will be another Philippines.
Transferring a problem? Why not suspend the man and institute investigations?
I hav just finished reading the COBRA by Fredrick Forsyth. This Cocaine is multi billion dollar industry and Nigerians are controllers in Africa. They easily corrupt official s for smooth operation
They target corrupt countries with corrupt officials especially in countries with number of youths swimming in poverty like Malawi.
“Njoka Samaweta…..!!”
If there are national issues to be solved you cant transfer someone from Area 30 to Nathenje. This is a joke Mr. IG coming from your office. Be serious on these matters. drug dealers never sleep, they can cover the whole country within a night. Why Nathenje of all places?
we Malawians demand that he be sacked with no pay! Immediately
President Mutharika should act decisively by firing the entire Police leadership to show he doesn’t tolerate nonsense. The drug problem won’t go away by transferring one senior officer to another station or demoting a few officers here and there. The network needs to be uprooted and dry it in the sun for it to disappear. Once again, maybe I am too optimistic given that senior members within the DPP are also benefitting from these drug syndicates, which are operating with impunity in all parts of Malawi. Mr president, bear in mind that blood is in your hands; young people are dying of these drugs. If the Mutharika family is really serious about being close to God then this is the challenge you need to solve and solve very quickly. get rid of the syndicate finish otherwise you’ll be answerable to God not just to the innocent Malawians. Madam Mutharika please speak to your husband to do the right thing. Clean Malawi of drugs and not just plastic bags and filth.
Transferring an officer for shielding a drug lord is not enough. He should be fired. A total round up of the drug dealers is urgently needed. The local residents know where they reside. So how can the police not knowI. t’s an open game. Our Malawi is a small country. If the authorities were serious it can ve cleaned up
That would send a strong message.
Don’t stop there. Clean the streets and these overflowing foreigners.
Poor Riad Randeri. Really used in a game he didn’t understand.
This transfer of a top Police, if anything, should facilitate the investigation about the association between the young man who was exploited as a drug mule, in Brazil, by the drug dealing Nigerians. And hopefully, even more investigations of drug trafficking in Lilongwe, period.
If we are not careful, our small, poor, country will very easily turn to a Nicaragua. The ingredients for the recipe (poverty, massive youth unemployment, lack of meaningful education, poverty etc) is already there.
Malawians, we don’t thank Kachama enough for his achievements. He kept in check serious drug cartels from developing in this country. After all, Police in democratic countries cannot eradicate serious crimes; and when a Police Chief leaves behind reduced statistics of major crimes, like Kachama did, it’s a job well done.
Seasoned business criminals know that Kachama left, and are set to test a new regime.
And, as new “Chief” Jose (I know he’s not confirmed yet) has a reference point, and he should aim only for a trajectory that continues or even surpasses Kachama’s.
We do not want to see an uptick in serious crimes in his country again.
And we ask of the new incoming Police leadership to do all this, while respecting our rights as enshrined in the Constitution. Respect us because you serve us, and you protect our personal and property because you swore to just that.
This is my cris de coeur for my small country, Malawi.
sack the police he is dangerous!!!!
Transferring deputy head,where is the head,he too must go to nthalire.
I feel the Randeras are also to blame on this. They knew the guy is a drug dealer but they were still keeping him in their house, watching him using and destroying other people’s kids. Now that their own has been killed its when they’re coming out. Muvi mwauyang’anila time yonseyi pano wakubayani m’maso. Let’s be patriotic aMalawi,osamakonda ndalama nkumasunga bava ayi. It begins with you!! you could’ve protected your son from this guy if you had chased him out of your house
Where in the story do they say they Randeris were keeping Ojukwu in their house? They were staying in the same neighborhood not in the same house.
Zoona izi, amadya nawo awa asatipusise lero.
What about the head of that section? You mean the 2nd In-charge was the most influential?
Shame,its been long time we Malawians have taken things for granted,these Nigerians are not bussiness pipo,they BokoHarram soldiers,u will c them moving up and down no one to ask them why they are here and what they are doing ,immigration/police amangowasiya pamene ife kupita kwawo sitingagone tulo,why we Malawians??vuto ndichani tulo timaneti?tidzazindikila liti?ine zimandiwawa,cld there b someone who can make lamulo kugwila ntchito??uyu wamwalira,wina watumizidwa pa Nathenje nkhani yatha,mtumizeni ku Nthalire,Ojuku mpelekeni kwa Adzuwa athane naye,then apaseni a Malawi athane ndi ma Nigerians ena ose then we will be safe
Where is Nthalire? In Malawi or another country? Is Nthalire the Dumping site of people who commit crimes? How different are people from Nthalire from the rest of Malawians? Is Nthalire the worst place to be in Malawi?
heeee, clean the streets now !