Nigeria, Sept. 21 -- The police in Cross River State said they have disciplined officers seen escorting a suspected cultist who was filmed firing gunshots from a moving vehicle in Calabar.

The police said it was also investigating two masked men seen inside the vehicle and alleged to be police officers.

The police spokesperson in the state, Sunday Eitokpah, disclosed this in a statement shared on Sunday, following public concerns over the viral video.

Mr Eitokpah said the officers involved in the incident had been identified and "disciplined" in accordance with police procedures.

The viral video shows a young man pulling down the windscreen of a Toyota Land Cruiser and firing several shots into the air as the vehicle moved through a s...