Delta State Police Command Arrests Officers in Viral Cash Counting Video.
The Delta State Police Command has arrested officers who appeared in a viral video counting bundles of cash inside a patrol van marked Area Command Asaba. The video, which circulated widely on social media, showed the officers handling the cash from their parked vehicle, raising suspicions that it could be proceeds of extortion.
On Tuesday, the Police Public Relations Officer for the Command, Bright Edafe, confirmed the arrests in a post on X (formerly Twitter). He stated that the Command swiftly located and took the officers into custody after the video came to their attention.
“The policemen in the embarrassing video have been identified and arrested. They appeared before the CP today,” Edafe wrote.
He explained that the two senior officers involved have already been issued queries, while the two inspectors are currently detained and awaiting formal disciplinary proceedings.
Edafe assured the public that the police will impose necessary sanctions following the outcome of the orderly room trial, which serves as the Force’s internal disciplinary process for officers who violate regulations.
“The four personnel, two of whom are senior officers, have been queried while the two inspectors have been detained and are awaiting an orderly room trial,” Edafe concluded.
