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Kidnappers abduct, murder travelling Osun State Perm. Sec
Mrs. Olufunke Oluwakemi Kolawole, the Permanent Secretary, Bureau of General Services, Office of the Osun State Governor, is no more after she was attacked by kidnappers.
Her death was announced earlier today by Head of Service, Mr. Sunday Owoeye.
Reports say the deceased who was chauffeured in her official car was attacked by the assailants on her way from Osogbo to Abuja and later taken to an unknown destination by the kidnappers who hacked her to death.
The late Permanent Secretary was on her way to honour an invitation to attend the inauguration of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Mrs Abiola Adewemimo, as one of the judges of Industrial Court when she met her untimely demise.
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Confirming her death, Mr. Owoeye said; “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 travelling along Okene – Abuja highway on her way to Abuja on Thursday, 12th July, 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.”
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