Nigeria, May 28 -- The police in Anambra State, South-east Nigeria, said they would sanction an officer caught in a viral video clip collecting bribes from motorists in the state.

The police spokesperson in the state, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.

In the clip posted by Mr Ikenga, the yet-to-be-identified officer was seen collecting the bribe from motorists at a police checkpoint in the state.

The police spokesperson said the incident was suspected to have happened at 3-3 Area, Onitsha, in Onitsha North Local Government Area of the state.

From the background remarks, apparently made by people secretly recording the officer, it appeared the people's vehicle papers and driver's licence were being checked by ...