Delta state Police Command has disclosed that Mr. Friday Eluro, the security aide of Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, who was caught on video assaulting a woman, has been remanded in prison.

Okowa sacked Eluro and ordered investigation after the video emerged.

The shocking video, which attracted public condemnation, showed Eluro and his thugs strip and tie up the woman in open vicinity under the sun and public glare, while Eluro and his cohorts took turns in hitting the woman hard all over her bare body.

A police statement issued by the Command spokesman, ASP Chuks Orisewezie said “In the light of the above, a team of SAKCCS on the 7/2/2019 between 1600hrs and 1700hr, swung into action, tracked the suspect to his compound at Boji Boji Owa and arrested him with two others though not without resistance.

“The Police after their investigation on 18/02/2019 charged the said Friday Eluro and two others to Ashaka Magistrate court for his despicable act of abduction, torture and dehumanizing treatment of stripping a woman naked.

“The volatile nature of his community has informed the reason for applying for assumption of jurisdiction to Ashaka Magistrate court and he has since been remanded in Kwale prison.

“This is a warning signal to anybody who thinks he/she is above the law or can take the laws into his /her hand”.

The PPRO added that the authority is prepared to deal with any act of crime and criminality by any means legally possible.