A police office found to be heavily drunk in Lagos State, Inspector Kadima Useni, has been dismissed.
The dismissal of the police officer followed a directive by Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to the Commissioner, Lagos State Police Command, Edgal Imohimi, to fish out the drunken police officer, who was captured in a video.
Useni got drunk in Akowonjo, Dopemu area of Lagos State.
A statement on Wednesday by the spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Chike Oti, said: “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.”