Moses Driver


Moses Driver is a former Fijian police officer, who served as Deputy Commissioner of Police until he was removed from office in the 2006 [Fijian coup d'état].
In 1987 he was the investigating officer in a series of political bombings allegedly carried out by future military regime Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.
A major part of Driver's work was pursuing investigations into the 2000 Fijian [coup d'état|Fiji coup of 2000].
Driver became Acting Police Commissioner on 29 November 2006, when Commissioner Andrew Hughes took a leave of absence during the crisis which culminated in the 2006 Fijian coup d'état. On 4 December the military seized forearms from the police tactical response unit to prevent them from opposing a coup. On 6 December he denounced the coup as a criminal act and refused to cooperate with the military. He was subsequently detained by the military regime and removed from office.