A Magistrate Court in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has ordered the arrest and detention of the Commissioner for Women Affairs, Seun Osamaye, over an alleged assault on a Chief Magistrate, Temitope Alphonso.
According to the charge, the alleged assault occurred on the premises of the Ministry of Women Affairs while Mrs Alphonso was on an official engagement with the ministry’s permanent secretary, in the presence of ministry staff.
In an affidavit attached to the charge, Mrs Alphonso stated that the incident had to do with a judgment she had earlier delivered, which was unfavourable to the commissioner.
The affidavit alleged that the commissioner responded by verbally abusing and physically assaulting the magistrate.
Part of the affidavit reads: “That when I asked her to stop cursing, the defendant told me to shut up and sa
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