The Ondo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that it would punish a ward chairman of the party, Olumide Awolumate of Akoko North-West Local Government Area of the state, for beating the state Commissioner for Woman Affairs and Social Development, Juliana Osadahun.
Awolumate was seen in a video engaging in a disorganized situation with the commissioner, inflicting injuries on the her head during palliatives distribution in Arigidi Akoko area of the state on Sunday, September 17, 2023.
The chairman of the party in Ondo state, Ade Adetimehin, on Monday, September 18, 2023, expressed bitterness over the attack on the commissioner and stated that the party would sit on the matter that same day.
“We don’t tolerate indiscipline in our party. The erring chairman would be suspended for being involved in such a public, embarrassing act.
“I have directed the party chairman in the local government to bring everybody to Akure today (Monday, September 18) and we will deliberate and appropriate sanction will be meted out where necessary. But, the ward chairman would be suspended,” Adetimehin said.
In the same vein, the Deputy Majority Leader of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Princess Oluwatosin Ajirotutu, has condemned the assault on the commissioner, calling on the state police command to arrest and prosecute the APC chieftain.
Ajirotutu said, “It is displeasing and barbaric to have viewed a video clip that surfaced and has caused pandemonium in the media space and Arigidi in Akoko Northwest of Ondo State following the directive of Ondo State Government on subsidy palliatives distribution across the state.
“The action of Mr. Awolumate Olumide on Hon. Adebunmi Osadahun is condemned and he should be arrested and made to face maximum disciplinary sanction by the Ondo State Commissioner of Police while the Attorney General of Ondo State should prosecute Mr. Olumide immediately.
“Assault on womenfolk should not be tolerated in any part of Ondo State and the country. Women deserve our caring in every situation because of their sensitive roles in society.”
