The Permanent Secretary, Bureau of General Services, Mrs Olufunke Oluwakemi Kolawole was killed by gunmen suspected to be armed robbersin Okene, Kogi State, on her way to Abuja on Thursday, July 13.
It was gathered that Kolawole left Osogbo in the early hours of Thursday for Abuja, to felicitate with her friend, who is the Solicitor General in the state on her confirmation as a judge.
She was rushed to a hospital at Lokoja, where she was confirmed dead. Her younger brother, Mr Femi Ajibade, who confirmed the incident on Friday, said they were talking to her when her phone number was no more going through on Thursday evening.
“I spoke with her last on Wednesday, and one of my sisters called me on Thursday evening that her number could not be reached, I rushed down to her house at Ofatedo where I gathered that she was in a critical condition after being attacked and shot by armed robbers’ in Kogi State, on her way to Abuja for an event. We later arranged among the family members to travel to Kogi and ascertain her condition, but we were prevailed upon not to go again, as some of her associates confirmed to us that she was dead”, he said.
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