End
of road for drunken police provost, Inspector Kadima Useni with number 176219,
attached to Police Mobile Force, Squadron 22 Base, Ikeja, Lagos State, as he
had been disengaged from service.
Useni
on Wednesday got the boot for getting drunk on duty.
The
Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, ordered that Inspector K.H.
Kadima be tried following a viral video which showed the policeman drunk at
Akowonjo, Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos went viral.
According
to command the inspector was traced to Ikeja and was arrested and tried.
Useni
confessed that he was the one in the video during the Orderly Room trial.
Another
Inspector, Emmanuel Egba, who was seen with a bottle of beer at Ogunronbi Road,
Idimu, Lagos, was warned.
Egba’s
picture was published by a national daily in September.
Here are
the details:
“The
attention of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris NPM mni, has
been drawn to a video of Lagos policeman who got drunk at Akowonjo, Dopemu area
of Lagos state. He therefore directed the state Commissioner of Police, CP
Imohimi Edgal to fish out the erring policeman for 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. He was identified as
Inspector Kadima Useni with appointment number 176219.
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.
To
prevent reoccurrence of this type of incident, the CP has directed the officer
in charge of the Command 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.
CSP
Chike Oti
Police
Public Relations Officer
Lagos
State.
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