Ogun: Perm sec sworn in on Thursday, dies on Friday

One of the permanent secretaries, Mrs Olubunmi Odumusi, sworn in on Thursday by Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun, has died 24 hours after her promotion.

Reports said she died in her sleep in the bedroom on midnight of Friday, aged 57. The cause of her death is blamed on a prolonged cancer ailment.

She joined the service as a journalist and climbed to the position of director in the state Ministry of Information and Strategy.

It was learnt that Mrs Odumusi was in the United States of America for medical treatment when she received the news of her‎ promotion as Permanent Secretary. She then returned to attend the inauguration and attended the event on wheelchair.

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The news of her death became public on Saturday as sympathisers crowded the family home at Sam Ewang Estate in Abeokuta.

Ogun State governor, Senator Amosun, had Thursday sworn-in 14 new Permanent Secretaries in the State Civil Service, Odumusi and 13 others including a native of Abia State and Kogi State.

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