The Delta State Police Command has demoted an inspector and a corporal after they were found guilty of extortion and other misconduct following a viral video that showed them receiving money from a motorist through a Point-of-Sale terminal inside a police station.
The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, saying the officers were sanctioned after an orderly room trial found them guilty of the offences.
According to the statement, the Commissioner of Police, Yemi Oyeniyi, upheld the findings of the orderly room trial of Inspector Augustine Jeremiah and Corporal Miracle Ehirim of C Division, Asaba.
The officers, who were captured in a viral video on January 13, 2026, receiving money from a motorist through a POS terminal within the station, were found guilty of “Disobedience to Lawful Order, Extortion and Discreditable Conduct,” contrary to the provisions of the Police Act, 2020.
Following the disciplinary proceedings, Jeremiah was reduced in rank from inspector to sergeant, while Ehirim was demoted from corporal to constable. Related News FCT police smash kidnap ring, arrest 560 suspects Hit-and-run Enugu driver kills PhD-holding police inspector PSC dismisses four senior police officers, demotes 10
