Three policemen – Sergeant Felix Okwa, 47; Corporal Ogu Romanus, 46, and Constable Sunday Okoh, 34 – attached to Ishashi Police Division of Lagos State Police Command, have been sentenced to two years imprisonment for jumping at free food.
They were sentenced on Wednesday by Magistrate A. Demi-Ajayi of an Ebute-Metta Magistrate’s Court, sitting at Oyingbo, Lagos.
Apart from being jailed for two years, they will also serve a six-month community service after completing their jail term.
The three cops were said to be on patrol at 11.30p.m., when they received a call from an unknown guest, named Kezzy, who invited them for supper at Regional Hotel, also in Ishashi, claiming he wanted to reward them for a job they did for him.
The unknown guest was said to have fed them with food laced with drugs, after which they slept off and their weapons, three AK-47 rifles and 90 live ammunition were stolen.
The hotel Manager reported the matter at the Ishashi Police Station after which the unconscious policemen were arrested and later charged to court.
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