*For allegedly assaulting magistrate
The Ondo State Magistrate Court in Akure, on Wednesday, ordered the arrest of the Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs. Seun Osamaye, for allegedly assaulting a Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Temitope Alphonso.
The commissioner was charged with assault.
The prosecutor, Insp. Suleiman Adebayo, alleged that the incident occurred at the premises of the Ondo State Ministry of Women Affairs, Igbatoro road, Alagbaka, while the chief magistrate was on an official engagement with the ministry’s official.
In an affidavit attached to the charge, the commissioner was alleged to have verbally abused and physically assaulted the chief magistrate during the engagement.
The affidavit stated that the incident followed a judgment delivered by the chief magistrate which was not favourable to the commissioner.
The commissioner, who was represented by her counsel, Mr. A.K Adewusi, informed the court that she was receiving medical treatment at a hospital in Ilara-Mokin, Ifedore Local Government Area.
The defence counsel requested a stand-down of the case to allow time to present evidence of his client’s hospitalization.
Magistrate Damilola Sekoni stood down the matter for one and a half hours.
Upon resumption, a medical report was presented by the defence counsel.
However, the prosecuting counsel challenged the authenticity of the medical report.
In his ruling, Sekoni, rejected the medical report and described it as “unsatisfactory.”
He said the report failed to confirm that the commissioner was on admission in the hospital or medically unfit to attend court.
He said the purported medical document did not include key details such as the date and time of admission.
Sekoni ordered that the commissioner be arrested and remanded in a correctional facility.
He, therefore, adjourned the case to January 12, 2026, for further hearing.
