Ekiti Suspends Chief Medical Director For Wife Battering

By Ayodele Oni

The Chief Medical Director, (CMD) of Ekiti State Specialist Hospital, Ikere  Ekiti, Dr. Olubiyi Olaolu Abidemi has been suspended by the State Government over allegation of wife battering.

The CMD is being punished for allegedly inflicting neck injury on his wife during a domestic misunderstanding.

The victim, Dr. (Mrs) Olubiyi Adenike, a lecturer at Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, was hospitalized after the incident.

A statement from the State Ministry of Health and Human Services in Ado-Ekiti said Olubiyi was suspended by the State Hospitals Management Board following “the seriousness of a case of gross misconduct reported against him, which established the fact that he violated Ekiti Public Service Rules.

The statement explained that the  CMD has been prohibited from carrying out his official duties pending further investigation in line with the provisions of the State Public Service Rules.

It further directed him to hand over his duties as CMD of the State Specialist Hospital, Ikere to Dr Akinsipe Catherine Iyabo with immediate effect .

While stressing the commitment of Government to rewarding excellent performance, dilligence and dedication to duties, it however stated that Government would not look away when its officials do not abide by the Code of Conduct for Public Officers.

It was alleged that the CMD hit his wife for refusing to take care of his pregnant mistress.

A relative of the wife, revealed that the CMD instructed his wife to take care of one of his staff members that he impregnated and the wife turned down the order.

Infuriated by his wife’s refusal, he threatened to kill her and, in the process, allegedly, grabbed her neck and attempted to strangle her at their residence, at St.David Hospital Compound, Ifaki-Ekiti.