The Delta State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of officers captured in a viral video counting bundles of cash inside a patrol van marked Area Command Asaba.
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The video, which made rounds on social media, showed the officers handling large sums of money inside the parked vehicle, sparking public outrage and suspicion that the cash may have been proceeds of extortion.
Reacting to the incident on Tuesday, the Command’s spokesperson, Bright Edafe, disclosed in a post on X (formerly Twitter) that the officers had been identified, tracked, and taken into custody.
According to him, the personnel were immediately summoned before the Commissioner of Police after the video surfaced online.
“They appeared before the CP today,” Edafe wrote.
He added that two senior officers involved had been issued formal queries, while two inspectors were placed in detention pending an orderly room trial, the Force’s disciplinary procedure 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, assuring that appropriate sanctions would follow.
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