There was pandemonium at Arigidi Akoko community of Akoko area of Ondo State, on Sunday after a chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) allegedly assaulted the State’s Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Adebunmi Osadahun.
It was gathered that the altercation stemmed from a dispute over the distribution of palliatives in Ward 1 of Akoko North-West Local Government Area.
According to report, there was an inequitable distribution of palliatives, which many people have been complaining about while some residents boycotted the exercise.
A fight broke out when some leaders of the APC from Arigidi Akoko alleged that the exercise was shrouded in secrecy by government officials and kicked against the arrangement, alleging the Commissioner of marginalising him in the sharing of palliative
A viral video obtained by DAILY GIST, shows an aggrieved APC chieftain, dressed in traditional red attire, repeatedly striking the commissioner with a blue chair during the palliative distribution.
Onlookers at the scene eventually intervened, struggling to wrestle the chair away from the APC chieftain.
The commissioner sustained injuries during the assault, with visible blood on her face and a noticeable swelling on her head, caused by blows from the APC chieftain.
