A Police Inspector identified as Inspector Kadima Useni with appointment number 176219 was yesterday summarily dismissed from the Force for getting drunk while on duty.
Confirming the dismissal, the Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Police command, Mr. Chike Oti said that the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris on seeing a video of the policeman who got drunk at Akowonjo, Dopemu area of Lagos State, directed the State Commissioner of Police, CP Imohimi Edgal to fish out the erring policeman for appropriate disciplinary action.
According Oti, the policeman who was stupefied after guzzling large quantity of alcoholic beverage was located and apprehended yesterday at Police Mobile Force Squadron 22 Base, Ikeja, where he served by the Command Provost and was identified as Inspector Kadima Useni with appointment number 176219.
He noted that during interrogation, the officer affirmed that he was the one in the video and was thereafter tried in orderly room and summarily dismissed to serve as a deterrent to others.
“To prevent reoccurrence of this type of incident, the CP has directed the officer in charge of the command’s Provost Section to embark on tour of all police formations and barracks within the state with a view to identifying and shutting all beer parlours within the police community.
“In the same vein, the CP warns against offering policemen alcoholic drinks while on duty by members of the public. He added that henceforth any policeman found drunk on duty will be visited with similar punishment”, Oti stated.
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