The atmosphere at the Mobile Police
Force 20, in the Ikeja area of Lagos, had been tense since Tuesday after
a police inspector, identified simply as Medugwu, mistakenly shot
himself dead, while adjusting a faulty rifle.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the
inspector, who was attached to MOPOL 20, was the second-in-command to
the armourer. He was said to have accidentally pulled the trigger of the
rifle, which sent a bullet to his jaw.
Our correspondent gathered that on
Tuesday, at about 10am, a policeman had brought the faulty rifle to
Medugwu to examine and readjust for him.
It was learnt that the second-in-command
to the armourer collected the rifle, and tried to find out where the
fault was. The rifle was said to have been fired in the process.
Other policemen in the area were said to
have rushed to the scene and taken Medugwu to the Lagos State
University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja.
The inspector, however, died at about 1pm in the hospital.
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