The Civil Service in Osun State has been thrown into mourning following the abduction and killing of the Permanent Secretary, Bureau ...
The Civil Service in Osun State has been thrown into mourning
following the abduction and killing of the Permanent Secretary, Bureau
of General Services, Office of the Governor, Osun State, Mrs. Olufunke
Kolawole on Thursday.
A correspondent gathered that the deceased was travelling to Abuja
from Osogbo on an official assignment on Thursday when hoodlums
kidnapped her and took her to an unknown destination.
The deceased was said to be in her official car and was going to
attend the inauguration of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice,
Mrs.Abiola Adewemimo, as one of the judges of the Industrial Court when
she was attacked along the Okene-Abuja highway.
The deceased’s driver was said to have been beaten to a coma while
the hoodlums reportedly took the permanent secretary away. The matter
was said to have been reported to the police and a search party was
immediately launched to look for her.
But some hours after she was taken away, Kolawole’s body was found
by the roadside. It was gathered that her assailants had hacked her to
death. A source told a correspondent that there were machete cuts all
over Kolawole’s body when it was found.
The Osun State Head of Service, Mr. Sunday Owoeye, confirmed the
incident in a statement which he issued to commiserate with the family
and colleagues of the deceased.
The statement read, “On behalf of the forum of Head of Service
and Permanent Secretaries, Tutors-General, Accountant-General,
Auditors-General and Surveyor-General, and with rude shock and a deep
sense of loss, I announce the untimely death of Mrs. Olufunke
Kolawole,who was brutally attacked by kidnappers while travelling along
the Okene – Abuja highway on her way to Abuja on Thursday, July 12, 2017
for an official assignment.
“Until her death, Mrs. Kolawole was the Permanent Secretary, Bureau of General Services, Office of the Governor, State of Osun.
“The forum commiserates with the families of the deceased, the
entire public service and the State Government of Osun on this
irreparable loss.”
