By Deborah Nnamdi
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.”
The footage, widely circulated on social media, showed the officers handling large sums of money from inside a parked patrol vehicle, sparking public outrage and suspicion that the cash may have been extorted.
In a statement on Tuesday via X (formerly Twitter), the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, announced that the officers had been identified, 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 stated.
He added that two senior officers have been issued formal queries, while two inspectors are currently in detention pending an orderly room trial — the police’s internal disciplinary process.
Edafe assured that appropriate disciplinary actions would be taken following the trial’s outcome.
