The Nigeria Police Force has detained a yet-to-be-named officer seen in a viral video with Wahab and Raheem, sons of billionaire businessman, Chief Razaq Okoya, abusing the naira.
This was disclosed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on his X handle yesterday.
According to him, the moment captured in the video involving the police officer is unethical and contrary to the values of the force, stressing that disciplinary action was underway to address the misconduct.
In the video, the policeman was seen holding stacks of currency.
The act violates Section 21(3) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act, 2007, which prohibits the abuse of the national currency.
Adejobi wrote: “The policeman captured in the recent viral video shared by the sons of the Lagos businessman, Chief Okoya, where they were abusing the naira, has been identified and detained for disciplinary action.
“The involvement of the policeman has been condemned, as it’s unethical. We will always strive hard to uphold the sanctity, credibility and core values of the police. Thanks.”
Raheem, one of the sons of the billionaire businessman in the video, has publicly apologised to the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) as well as Nigerians over the incident.
Reacting to public outrage over the incident on his X account yesterday, Raheem said: “To the Nigerian people, my actions were not intended to cause any trouble or harm. My intentions were pure and naive.
“I ask for your forgiveness and support as I had no intention of raising such an alarm. I wasn’t fully aware of the consequences of my action.”
The video of the two Okoya sons abusing the naira had attracted widespread criticism with expressing belief that nothing would happen to them because of their father’s status in the country.
In the said video, Wahab and Raheem were dressed in white flowing gown (agbada), flaunting stacks of crisp N1000 notes to promote the latter’s new song titled “Credit Alert”.
As the video continued, it captured the mobile policeman holding bundles of N1,000 notes while the billionaire’s sons danced and flung the cash into the air.