Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Friday ordered the sack of Mr. Friday Eluro, a security aide who was caught on video assaulting a mentally challenged woman.

The governor gave the directive in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, in Asaba.

WuzupNaija gathered that Eluro, a high chief from Owanta area and a special assistant to the Delta state governor, ordered his boys to humiliate the woman for insulting him.

The woman, said to be mentally unstable, is a mother of one. She was tied up, stripped naked and beaten by the youths as seen in a viral video posted online.

He also directed a full investigation into the incident to ensure justice.

Okowa said that the assault on the lady was unwarranted, particularly when it was committed by an appointee of government who ought to ensure that the rule of law was observed in all situations.

The governor, having watched the video of the assault, directed that Eluro’s appointment be terminated forthwith to serve as deterrence to others.

“In the last three and a half years, our administration has worked so hard to entrench the enduring peace in our state.

“We will not sit back and fold our hands to watch appointees of government or any other person, no matter how highly placed in the society, to take laws into their hands,” he said.

He warned appointees of government to be of good behaviour and to always remember that they are ambassadors of government and are supposed to be role models in the society.

(NAN)