DSP David Victoria seen holding N1M Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 phone and expensive wristwatch as new scale salary for DSP is N189k in Nigeria

“We have beautiful and intelligent ones in the force. This is DSP David Victoria, secretary to the IGP. Happy weekend. Ire o,” Adejobi wrote.

Netizens, who reacted to the post, asked for a disclosure of the officer’s salary that could afford a cellphone worth N1 million.

An X user also requested that Victoria’s account statement be printed out to track her cash inflow claiming her salary cannot afford such an expensive gadget.

On Friday, Adejobi posted a picture of one David Victoria, a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) and secretary to the inspector general of Police (IGP), who appears to be holding a Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 and a diamond-branded watch around her wrist.

Muyiwa Adejobi, the public relations officer of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), says it is ridiculous for Nigerians to believe that officers can not afford expensive phones.

Adejobi, while responding to a query on his X handle, on Saturday, said netizens need to be “straight and be objective” when questioning police officers’ source of income. Quoting Adejobi post, an X user @Akintomide wrote: “A civil servant (DSP) with a phone worth close to a million. lol. Ire o.”

Taking to his comments section, the Delta State Police PRO responded, “Characters dey Twitter sha. I really hope this is not the way an average Nigerian thinks.”

Another user @CounsellorSunny answered: “This is the same way the average police people think. I’m a policeman’s son but you guys do the most.

“You feel youths are too young to own expensive phones and drive Benz. You search our phones as if it is a crime to be well to do. Make una swallow same pills were una Dey dish out.”

DSP Bright replied: “You know yourself that if you work and earn a good salary and drive Benz, no problem, but when you don’t have any legal source of living and you are driving a benz, it’s definitely an issue.”