The Identity Of Police Inspector Caught “On Camera” While Drinking On Duty Uncovered (PHOTOS)
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State Mr Imohimi Edgal has dig out the true identity of police officer who was trending online for holding a bottle of beer in his hand while on duty.
According to report, the name of the police officer is Emmanuel Egba who is an Inspector in the Nigerian police.
A Police spokesman in the State, Chike Oti, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), the Inspector said he recovered the bottle from a driver.
Oti said: “The attention of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Edgal Imohimi has been drawn to a publication in which a police Inspector was caught in camera holding a bottle of beer.
“The officer in question has been identified and arrested. He is Inspector Emmanuel Egba, a police motorcycle rider attached to Area ‘M’ Command, Idimu and not Rapid Response Squad (RRS) as erroneously reported”.
“When the Inspector was questioned by senior officers, he denied the allegation, stating that he recovered the beer bottle with liquid contents from a driver who was drinking right inside his car in traffic.
“He feared that the driver might get himself intoxicated thereby endangering his life and that of other road users.
“The case is, however, being investigated at the Command Provost Section and if his claim is found to be false, appropriate disciplinary action will be meted out to him after an Orderly Room Trial.”