An officer, Inspector Kadima Useni, has been dismissed
by the Nigeria Police Force who it said was found drunk while on duty around
the Akowonjo, Dopemu area of Lagos State.
This was contained
in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Police Public Relations Officer in
the state, CSP Chike Oti. He said, the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim K.
Idris whose attention was drawn to a video of the drunk officer, immediately
directed the state Commissioner of Police, CP Imohimi Edgal, to discover his
identity and mete out an appropriate disciplinary action.
“The policeman who was stupefied after guzzling
large quantity of alcoholic beverage was located and apprehended today
07/11/2018 at Police Mobile Force Squadron 22 Base, Ikeja, where he served by
the Command Provost.
“During
interrogation, the officer affirmed that he was the one in the video, he was
therefore tried in orderly room and summarily dismissed to serve as a deterrent
to others,” the statement read.
The
Commissioner of Police also directed the officer in charge of the Command
Provost Section to embark on a tour of all police formations and barracks
within the state to shut down all beer palours within the police community to
avoid a recurrence of such.
Furthermore,
the CP warned all officers to desist from drinking alcohol while on duty.
