Delta Police Arrest Officers Seen Counting Cash in Viral Video

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 video, which made the rounds on social media, showed the policemen handling stacks of money from their parked vehicle, sparking widespread suspicion that the cash was proceeds of extortion.

Reacting on Tuesday, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the Command, DSP Bright Edafe, said the officers were quickly tracked down and summoned before the Commissioner of Police after the clip came to the Command’s attention.

"The policemen in the embarrassing video have been identified and arrested. They appeared before the CP today,”* Edafe disclosed in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

He added that two senior officers involved in the incident had already been issued formal queries, while two inspectors were detained pending disciplinary proceedings.

The spokesman assured that appropriate sanctions would be imposed after the conclusion of an orderly room trial the Nigeria Police Force’s internal disciplinary process for erring personnel.

“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,” Edafe stated.

The development comes amid heightened public concern over alleged extortion and misconduct by security operatives on Nigerian highways.