The Delta State Police Command has arrested officers seen in a viral video counting bundles of cash inside a patrol van marked Area Command Asaba.
The footage, which circulated widely on social media, showed the policemen handling large sums of money from their parked vehicle, sparking public suspicion that the cash was linked to extortion.
Reacting on Tuesday, Police Public Relations Officer Bright Edafe confirmed in a post on X (formerly Twitter) that the officers had been tracked and taken into custody.
“The policemen in the embarrassing video have been identified and arrested. They appeared before the Commissioner of Police today,” Edafe wrote.
He disclosed that two senior officers had already been issued queries, while two inspectors had been detained pending formal disciplinary action.
Edafe assured that the personnel would face sanctions through an orderly room trial, the Force’s internal disciplinary process for erring officers.
“The four personnel, two of them senior officers, have been queried, while the two inspectors have been detained and are awaiting an orderly room trial,” he added.