A video has emerged on social media showing the moment a policeman collected a bribe from a motorist and told him to lie about the amount to his colleagues.

The yet-to-be-identified policeman was however seen in the four-minute video arguing with the motorist in Pidgin.

The bribe-taking policeman sought for N20k from the motorist who held out a wad of 1,000 naira notes.

The date and location of this act could not be established, but nonetheless, the act has been deemed very bad for the image of the Nigerian police.

See video below;

WuzupNigeria reports that it would not be the first time a security operative would be exposed while collecting bribes.

Last month, the Police arrested four officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) for allegedly beating 36-year-old Odion Omafo Samuel to death and burying his remains in a shallow grave.

The suspects, Francis Igboh, Sunday Ogi, Samson Alolade and Joseph Onolade, attached to FRSC Abudu outpost in Edo State.

They were said to have descended on the deceased after he ordered the driver of a cab he hired not to pay them a bribe.