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| *Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State |
Unknown gunmen on Thursday murdered the
Permanent Secretary, Bureau of General Service, Office of the
Governor, Osun State, Mrs Olufunke Kolawole.
She was allegedly attacked by
kidnappers while travelling along Okene – Abuja highway on her way
to Abuja on Thursday, 12th July, 2017 for an official assignment.
She was said to have been rushed to an
hospital at Lokoja, the state capital but later gave up the ghost.
The younger brother to the deceased, Mr
Femi Ajibade, who spoke to our correspondent on Friday expressed
shock over the incident, he described the death of his sister as
devastating and saddening.
According to him, the family members
became so anxious when her number was no more going through on
Thursday evening.
“I spoke with her last on Wednesday,
and one of my sisters called me on Thursday evening that her number
could not be reached, I rushed down to her house at Ofatedo where I
gathered that she was in a critical condition after being attacked
and shot by “armed robbers’ in Kogi State, on her way to Abuja
for an event.
“We later arranged among the family
members to travel to Kogi and ascertain her condition, but we were
prevailed upon not to go again, as some of her associates confirmed
to us that she was dead”, he said.
Channels Television gathered that the
deceased, who is one of the most powerful permanent secretaries in
the state hailed from Modakeke, in Ife East Local Government of Osun.
Meanwhile, the Forum of Head of Service
and Permanent Secretaries, Tutors-General, Accountant-General,
Auditors-General and Surveyor-General have expressed concern over the
death of Mrs Olufunke Kolawole
A statement signed by the Osun State
Head of Service, Mr Olayinka Owoeye says the forum received the news
of her death as a shock.
The Forum commiserated with the
families of the deceased, the entire public service and the State
Government of Osun on the irreparable loss.
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