I just don't like it when a man engages in a fight, not to talk of beating a lady. This is condemnable!
Akin Akinbobola, an aide to Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State, may
be in serious trouble after he reportedly assaulted one of his female
workers, Funmilayo Alao-Kwabe in his office in Akure.
Mr. Akinbobola, who is chairman of Ondo State Football Agency (ODSFA),
allegedly gave Funmilayo a brutal beating after the two had a row over
salary increment at the agency. She heads a maintenance department at
the agency.
An eyewitness told a SR that the ODSFA chairman beat the woman so severely that he inflicted a serious neck injury on her.
Sources at the
agency revealed that the chairman used to date the lady, and that he
tried to humiliate her just because she broke up with him and had
rejected all his efforts to restart their relationship...
Another source
disclosed that the fight originated from the chairman’s sudden decision
to increase junior employees’ salaries, adding that he then approved a
N2000 increase for Ms. Funmilayo, increasing her salary to N42,000. The
source, a staff of the agency, revealed that Ms. Funmilayo considered
her pay increase too paltry. “She was infuriated and walked up to the
agency chairman to demand an explanation. He got angry and began to beat
her brutally.”
Another source
at the agency said the workers felt that Ms. Funmilayo was poorly
treated. “Our Chairman [Akinbobola] increased the salaries of the junior
casual workers, who were mostly in maintenance department, to N40,000
while that of their head, Mrs. Funmilayo, was increased to N42,000, just
N2000 difference. This is what caused the trouble,” he said.
Contacted by SR correspondent, the assault victim narrated her version
of events. She said she was angry about her small increment. After the
chairman refused to take her telephone call, she said she sent him a
text message asking for an explanation. “He called me after reading my
text message and asked for the meaning of the content in the message I
sent to him and I told him the meaning. I never knew he had an agenda in
mind, he invited me to come over to his office and I went there.
“I got to his office and he started embarrassing me, [asking] why did I
send such a message to him. During that process a lady came inside the
office and I ordered her out because I was still discussing with him.
But the next thing was he slapped me and beat me up. He pulled out some
of my hair and nearly snapped off my head and threatened to kill me.
During the fracas, he broke my neck and ran away after I collapsed on
the floor of his office. I can’t turn my neck [any more].”
Contacted by a reporter, Mr. Akinbobola denied assaulting Ms. Funmilayo,
insisting that she hurt herself while struggling with him. He refused
to answer any questions about his alleged romantic relationship with the
woman. “It’s a personal issue,” he said, adding, “Please let us end the
discussion.”
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