Governor Mimiko’s Aide Brutally Assaults Female Worker At His Akure Office

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, the state capital.
Mr. Akinbobola, who is the incumbent chairman of the
Ondo State Football Agency (ODSFA),
allegedly gave Ms. Funmilayo a brutal
beating after the two had a row over salary
increment at the agency. The alleged victim
heads a maintenance department at the
agency.

An eyewitnesses
confirmed that the ODSFA chair beat his
subordinate so severely that he inflicted a
serious neck injury on her.
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,” the source said.
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., the alleged 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 ordeal , he
broke my neck and ran away after I slumped
on the floor of his office. I can’t turn my neck
[any more].”
Some staffers at the agency alleged that the
chairman used to date the alleged victim,
adding that he tried to humiliate her because
she broke up with him and had spurned all
efforts to restart their relationship.
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.”
The aggrieved woman’s lawyer has petitioned
the Inspector General of Police over the case.