The Delta State Police Command has opened an investigation into the case of a police officer recorded in a viral video on social media, shooting at a moving vehicle around Toscana Hotel along Okpanam Road in Asaba, the state capital.
This was confirmed in a Wednesday statement on X by the command\u2019s publication relation officer, SP Bright Edafe.
According to the statement, Edafe condemned the act, describing it as embarrassing and unprofessional.
An X user, who identifies as @ChuksEricE, earlier posted the video of the alleged act, saying, \u201cMoment a Nigeria police officer sh\u00f8t a car tyre just now at Toscana Hotel, along Okpanam Road, Asaba, Delta State.\u201d
The command\u2019s spokesperson disclosed that the officer recorded has been identified, and will appear before the state\u2019s Commissioner of Police, CP Abaniwonda Olufemi, on Wednesday.
The statement reads, \u201cIn all honesty, this is embarrassing, shameful, careless, so unprofessional and not justified at all. The Policeman has been identified, detained and will appear before the CP today.\u201d<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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