The Osun State Head of Service, Mr. Sunday Owoeye, on Friday confirmed the abduction and killing of the Permanent Secretary, Bureau of General Services, Office of the Governor, Mrs. Olufunke Oluwakemi Kolawole.
Owoeye, who confirmed the killing in a statement in Osogbo, said the killing of the permanent was a rude shock.
The permanent secretary was traveling to Abuja from Osogbo on an official assignment when hoodlums abducted and took her to an unknown destination.
The deceased, who was driven in her official car, was going to attend the inauguration of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Mrs. Abiola Adewemimo, as one of the judges of Industrial Court when the hoodlums struck.
“On behalf of the Forum of Head of Service and Permanent Secretaries, Tutors-General, Accountants-General, Auditors-General and Surveyors-General, and with rude shock and a deep sense of loss, I hereby painfully announce the untimely death of Mrs. Olufunke Oluwakemi Kolawole, who was brutally attacked by kidnappers while traveling along 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 Osun State Government on this irreparable loss,” Owoeye said.
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