The Delta State Commissioner of Police, Abaniwonda Olufemi, has ordered an orderly room trial for six police officers caught on video brutalising a young man in Asaba, the state capital.
According to eyewitnesses, the incident happened on Sunday near the Asaba Specialist Hospital along Okpanam Road in Asaba when the police accosted the victim and subjected him to search.
Someone who witnessed the man’s ordeal narrated that as the police were about to search his bag, he allegedly told the officer that he should not put anything in his bag so they won’t turn around to implicate him. However his impetus got the officers angry and they descended on him.
The video which was shared on several social media platforms went viral with Nigerians condemning the action of the officers and calling on the police authorities to apprehend and sanction them.
While reacting to the viral video, the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Bright Edafe, in a statement Monday, confirmed that the officers involved have been identified and summoned to the state police headquarters in Asaba on the orders of the CP.
Describing the incident as barbaric and unprofessional, Efafe said the Commissioner has ordered the commencement of their orderly room trial while their team leader who is an Assistant Superintendent of Police, has been queried.
“This is barbaric and unprofessional by the policemen. They have been identified and summoned to the headquarters by the CP for proper disciplinary action,” Edafe said in the statement.
“The Command is aware of a publication circulating on X and other social media channels regarding the unprofessional conduct of some policemen within the command.
“On receipt of this video, which captures some policemen assaulting a young man around Asaba Specialist Hospital area on Sunday, 27th July 2025, the Commissioner of Police, Delta State, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda, immediately ordered that the Policemen be identified and brought before the command headquarters for immediate disciplinary action.
“The men have been identified, and detained pending the commencement of their orderly room trial while their team leader who is an Assistant Superintendent of Police, has been queried.
“The CP wishes to reiterate that it’s not in the character of the Command to trample on the rights of citizens, assault or harass people. He assures members of the public that the officers concerned 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,
“He has therefore tasked officers and men to uphold the tenets of professional policing in the discharge of their duties with respect to fundamental human rights of all citizens in line with the provisions of the 1999 constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria (as amended), while hoping that the actions taken on the erring officers will serve as a deterrent to others, noting that under his watch, such conduct by officers will not be tolerated.”
