The Delta State Police Command has confirmed that two senior officers and two inspectors have been arrested after a viral video showed them counting bundles of cash inside a patrol vehicle marked Area Command Asaba.
The video, which made the rounds on social media, stirred public outrage and raised suspicions that the money might have been proceeds of extortion.
Reacting to the matter on Tuesday, the Police Public Relations Officer for the Command, Bright Edafe, said the officers were immediately identified, summoned before the Commissioner of Police, and taken into custody.
“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 wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
He explained that the Command wasted no time in launching disciplinary measures. The two senior officers are facing queries, while the inspectors are already being held pending the outcome of the Force’s internal disciplinary process.
Edafe assured that the outcome of the orderly room trial would determine the necessary sanctions against the officers.
