By Akpos Oghenetega,
The Commissioner of Police in Delta State, CP Aina Adesola, has ordered the immediate redeployment of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Jesse Division, CSP Chidi Nwabuzor, and directed the X-Squad to investigate allegations of a ₦2.5 million extortion involving officers of the division.
The action follows a viral video in which a woman accused police officers—identified as Bright, Usman and the Jesse DPO of allegedly extorting “the sum of two million, five hundred thousand naira (₦2,500,000)” to secure the release of her brother from custody.
Reacting to the video, the police command said CP Adesola “listened to the complaint and took immediate action,” ordering the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of X-Squad to investigate the allegations.
The command in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Delta State Command, SP Edafe Bright, said the incident originated on January 1, 2026, when the youth leader of Jesse community arrested some suspects and brought them to the police station. One of them was later identified as Israel Onojeruo, 20, who was arrested based on the confession of another suspect, Okoro Desmond, who claimed he sold a gun to him. The suspects were subsequently transferred to the State Anti-Cult Unit (SACU) for further investigation.
On the extortion allegation, the command disclosed that “the constable identified as Bright in the video has been detained at the command headquarters,” while the DPO “has been removed and deployed to the command headquarters pending the outcome of the investigation.” It added that the redeployment followed “a series of complaints of extortion and unprofessionalism levelled against the DPO from different quarters.”
The police boss assured the public that “if, after investigation, the officers are found to have acted in an unprofessional manner, they will be decisively dealt with in accordance with the extant laws as stipulated in the Police Act and regulations to serve as a deterrent to others.”
CP Adesola stressed that the command under his leadership “will not tolerate any form of extortion, intimidation, incivility to members of the public and unprofessionalism from officers,” urging residents to report misconduct through the command’s complaint response lines: 09011112311, 09155570008, 09064308018 and 09066575187.
