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.
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.”
