An Inspector attached to Area ‘F’ Command in
Ikeja, Lagos State (names withheld), last weekend, got himself drunk and lost
his AK-47 rifle with 30 rounds of ammunition, while on duty.
The inspector and his team were on special duty
on the day of the incident.
On getting back to the office, he allegedly told
his colleagues that he was going to eat and also use the opportunity to repair
the vehicle, only to come back drunk without the gun and ammunition.
It was gathered that when he was asked the
whereabouts of his gun, he explained that someone took it while he was sleeping
inside the vehicle in the station.
Further investigation by his team mates revealed that he
was seen at Ipodo area of Ikeja, known as a criminal hideout, heavily drunk
when the incident happened.
Another source alleged that he must have gone to
sleep with one of the commercial sex workers in the area, leaving the gun
inside the vehicle from where it was removed.
The inspector, who was once attached to Special
Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja, was said to have been transferred out of Lagos
State due to unbecoming activities.
He was then accused of giving guns and ammunition
as well as information to armed robbers and hoodlums, who paid him in return.
It was learned that he had since been arrested
and detained at the state command, while efforts had been intensified by police
authorities to recover the gun.
Source:
Vanguard
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