Drunk Nigerian Police loses AK-47 Rifle,and 30 Rounds Ammunition

                     

An Inspector attached to Area ‘F’ Command in Ikeja, Lagos State,got  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.when he was asked the whereabouts of his gun as he returned, he explained that someone took it while he was sleeping inside the vehicle in the station.


It was gathered by his team mates as revealed that he was seen at Ipodo area of Ikeja, known as a criminal hideout, heavily drunk when the incident happened.it was also 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 accused then of giving guns and ammunition as well as information to armed robbers and hoodlums, who paid him in return.he had since been arrested and detained at the state command, while efforts had been intensified by police authorities to recover the gun.