A permanent secretary of Osun State has hacked to death by her abductors.
The up until her death was the Permanent Secretary, Bureau of General Services, Office of the Governor, Osun State, Mrs. Olufunke Oluwakemi Kolawole.
According to Punch,the deceased was traveling to Abuja from Osogbo on an official assignment when hoodlums kidnapped her and took her to an unknown destination.
Mrs Funke was said to be driven in her official car and was going to attend the inauguration of the Perm Sec, Ministry of Justice, Mrs Abiola Adewemimo as one of the judges of Industrial Court when the hoodlums struck.
The driver of the deceased was said to have been beaten to a pulp while the hoodlums were said to have taken the permanent secretary away.
The matter was said to have been reported to the police and a search party was immediately raised to look for her.
But some hours after she was taken away, Kolawole’s body was said to have been found by the roadside. It was gathered that her assailants hacked her to death. Machete cuts were all over Kolawole’s body when she was eventually found where her corpse was dumped by the hoodlums.
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.
It will be recalled that Osun State Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Mrs. Adebimpe Ogunlumade, and some others persons were kidnapped in April 2016 along Lokoja-Okene Road while returning from Abuja.
All those kidnapped then were released alive.
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