- Some police officers who were captured in a now viral video counting bundles of cash inside a patrol van marked Area Command Asaba, Delta state capital, have been arrested
- The spokesperson of the Delta state police command, Bright Edafe, confirmed their arrest in a statement issued on Tuesday, August 26
- Bright Edafe shared a photo of the officers on his social media platform X and confirmed the Force’s next action
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The Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday, August 26, confirmed the arrest of officers who appeared in a viral video counting bundles of cash inside a patrol van marked Area Command Asaba.
Photo credit: @Brightgoldenboy
Source: Twitter
The video, which circulated on social media platform X, showed the officers handling the money from their parked vehicle, raising widespread suspicion that the cash could have been proceeds of extortion.
Speaking on the development on Tuesday, the public relations officer for the Delta State Police Command, Bright Edafe, confirmed in a post on X (Formerly Twitter) that the officers had been tracked and taken into custody.
According to Bright Edafe, the command wasted no time in summoning the personnel before the commissioner of police after the video came to its attention.
“The policemen in the embarrassing video have been identified and arrested.
“They appeared before the CP today,” Edafe wrote.
Photo credit: Bright Edafe
Source: Twitter
He explained that the two senior officers involved had already been issued queries, while the inspectors are facing detention ahead of formal disciplinary proceedings.
The police spokesman further assured that necessary sanctions would be imposed following the outcome of the orderly room trial, which is the Force’s internal disciplinary process for erring officers.
“The four personnel, 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 concluded.
See the video of the officers below;
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