Lagos Police Inspector Accidentally Shoots Self

A Lagos police inspector simply identified as Medugwu has died from gunshot wounds he sustained while adjusting a faulty rifle at the Mobile Police Force 20, in the Ikeja area of Lagos.

The incident happed around 10 a.m on Tuesday, August 25 when the deceased, who was the second in command to the armourer accidentally, pulled the trigger of a faulty rifle, sending a bullet into his jaw which fatally wounded him.

The Punch reported that on the fateful morning, a police officer had brought the gun to Medugwu to complain about the weapon’s malfunctioning. He was said to have been fingering the rifle, trying to find out the problem when he accidentally pulled the trigger and shot himself.

He was rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital by the policemen present at the scene but passed away around 1 p.m.

According to The Punch, a policeman who claimed to witness the accident said the inspector’s head was badly injured from the gun shot.

“He was the second-in-command at the armoury in the MOPOL 20. A policeman brought a faulty rifle to his office to examine. While he was doing that, he mistakenly turned the barrel of the gun on himself, and he mistakenly pulled the trigger.




“We rushed him to LASUTH, where the medical personnel battled to save his life. But, he died at about 1.p.m. His head was badly injured. Medugwu’s death shook all of us.”

In a another incident, a police officer was ran over by a trailer when he was trying to apprehend a bus driver.