Nigeria Police Force has dismissed an officer, Inspector Kadima Useni, who it said was found drunk while on duty around the Akowonjo, Dopemu area of Lagos State.

According to Lagos State Police Command, Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris whose attention was drawn to a video of the drunk officer, immediately directed Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, to discover his identity and mete out an appropriate disciplinary action.

Police Public Relations Officer, 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.

Oti, a Chief Superintendent of Police, said 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 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.

He warned all officers to desist from drinking alcohol while on duty, saying henceforth any policeman found drunk on duty would be visited with similar punishment.