The deputy governor of Ondo State, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has refuted claims that he enjoys beating his wife, Mrs. Oluwaseun.

In a statement provided by his media assistant, Kenneth Odusola, Aiyedatiwa said he had never struck his wife physically since their wedding.

Several media claims that the deputy governor had assaulted and abused his wife were deemed untrue and without foundation by the deputy governor.

“It is, therefore, uncharitable for anyone to claim that the Deputy Governor has in that period carried out ‘multiple assaults’ on his spouse who is out of the country. This is nothing but political blackmail taken too far,” the statement read.

“The said allegation of domestic abuse is a figment of the imagination of those behind it and their ungodly intentions to cause a crisis in the state had been known for weeks and therefore such falsehood did not come as a surprise.

“While His Excellency reserves the right to privacy on issues pertaining to his family, it is pertinent to state clearly that there has never been any domestic violence between the Deputy Governor and his lovely wife, Mrs. Oluwaseun Aiyedatiwa, who at the moment is outside the shores of the country.

“It is not a secret that Mrs. Oluwaseun Aiyedatiwa has lived and worked in the United Kingdom for many years before her husband became an elected public official in Nigeria and since then she has been shuttling between the United Kingdom and Nigeria to take care of the home and the children who are also in the United Kingdom.”

The deputy governor was reacting to a claim by a group that Ayedatiwa had physically assaulted his wife twice in four months which, according to it, was against the ethics of his office.