The Delta State Police Command has arrested officers caught in a viral video counting bundles of cash inside a patrol vehicle marked Area Command, Asaba.
The video, which quickly spread on social media, showed the personnel handling large sums of money in the parked van, sparking public suspicion that the cash was linked to extortion.
Confirming the arrest on Tuesday, the Command’s spokesperson, DSP Bright Edafe, said the officers were tracked down and brought before the Commissioner of Police after the footage came to the notice of authorities.
He disclosed that two senior officers involved have been issued queries, while the inspectors captured in the clip have been detained pending disciplinary action.
“The policemen in the embarrassing video have been identified and arrested. They appeared before the CP today. Two of them, who are senior officers, have been queried, while the two inspectors have been detained and are awaiting an orderly room trial,” Edafe wrote on X.
He assured that the officers would face appropriate sanctions at the conclusion of the internal disciplinary process.
