Extortion: Delta CP removes Jesse DPO from office

* Redeploys DPO, orders investigation of allegations

By John Egie

The new Commissioner of Police for Delta State Police Command, CP Aina Adesola has ordered the removal from office and deployment of the DPO of Jesse division to the Command’s headquarters in Asaba pending the outcome of investigation of allegations of extortion levelled against him.

A statement issued by the Command’s PPRO, SP Edafe Bright informed that the DPO’s removal from office was sequel to a series of complaints of extortion and unprofessional conduct levelled against him from different quarters.

In one of the recent cases which drew the Command’s attention in a viral video recording, a woman alleged that two officers identified as Bright and Usman and the DPO, all serving in Jesse division, extorted the sum of Two million, five hundred thousand (N2,500,000) from her with the hope of releasing and setting free, her brother who was in Police custody for alleged gun running.

It was gathered that on January 1, 2026 the youth leader of Jesse community arrested two suspects namely: Israel Onojeruo (20) and Okoro Desmond; the latter was alleged to have sold a gun to the former. The suspects were transferred to the State Anti-cult Unit, SACU for investigation.

But after careful examination following the Command’s interest in the trending viral video clip, the CP ordered that Constable Bright involved in the allegations be detained, the DPO removed from office and deployed to the Command’s headquarters in Asaba and also directed the AC X-Squad to investigate the allegations levelled against the officers.

If found culpable, the officers will be dealt with according to extant laws as stipulated in the Police Act and Regulations to serve as deterrent to others.

The CP emphasised that the Command under his leadership will not tolerate any professional misconduct in the form of extortion, intimidation and incivility to members of the public.

Meanwhile, Operatives of the Command in Ekpan arrested a suspect with one fabricated gun and two live cartridges while the Raiders Unit arrested one suspect with a 36 bottles of Laughing Gas.

In Agbor, two notorious armed robbers specialising in snatching motor cycles were arrested while in Ogwashi-Uku, Operatives arrested a 20 year old man, Aliyu Haman who stabbed to death his brother while the victim was asleep. The weapon of murder was recovered and the deceased has been deposited in the mortuary.