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  Policemen attached to the Ajiwe Police Division, Ajah, Lagos State, regularly abuse alcohol which may be responsible for the increasing rate of extra-judicial killings by cops from the station. Investigations by  PUNCH Metro  showed that residents and business owners also observed the trend. According to them, the policemen are always under the influence of alcohol while on duty and on patrol. They said this might be responsible for the recent killing of a pregnant lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, by an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Drambi Vandi, who was attached to the station. Two weeks earlier, an inspector, Imeh Johnson, attached to the same division, also shot dead another resident, Gafaru Buraimoh, who was on his way to buy fuel. When our correspondent visited the police station on Tuesday around 10am, some of the officers were seen clustered in pairs outside the premises. A closer observation revealed some of them consuming alcohol in sachets, while heavily armed. O...