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| Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar |
Lagos State Commissioner of police, Alhaji Umar Manko yesterday set up a panel to investigate the circumstances behind the shooting of innocent citizens by a drunken policeman. The committee would also investigate how the mobile policeman attached to Mobile 17,Akure, Ondo state sneaked into to Lagos with taxpayers riffle. A police source said the killer Policeman has fled and would not report to his squadron, as he knew the enormity of the offence he has committed.
"Why I am saying so is because he has not yet reported to the office and has switched off his two telephones. He was also on illegal duty when he committed the criminal act"
He said his squadron Commander has been ordered to spot him out and recover the Ak 47 rifle he escaped with. "As it is now, the police are more interested in the gun than the man, so we will do everything possible to get him."
The senior police Officer said normally after 21 days and the wanted policeman refused to show up, he would be declared a ‘Deserter’ and would no longer be seen as a Policeman but a ‘rebel’.
When contacted, Lagos State police spokeswoman, Ngozi Braide, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) confirmed that the Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko has constituted a committee to look into the issue and has also contacted the Mopol 17 commander who has promised to hunt for the killer policeman.
It would be recalled that three men and a pregnant woman, were shot by the suspect, one Corporal Mohammed Abubakar, attached to MOPOL 17,Akure, Ondo State at Diamond Estate, Festac Town, following an argument over who to be served first in a fast food joint.
The policeman took to his heels after the shooting and has been on the run since then. One of the victims has died while three others are still being treated at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idiaraba, Lagos
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