Former Ogun state permanent secretary, wife assassinated

A former Permanent Secretary in Ogun State Adefemi Egbeoluwa, and his wife, Oluwafunmilayo, have been reportedly murdered in their private residence located at Allen Avenue, in the Ikeja area of Lagos State.

Penpushing reports that the alleged killers stormed the residence on Saturday before carrying out the killings of the couple and subsequently attacked the domestic worker, beat her till she lost consciousness, and fled.

The neighbours were said to have rushed to the scene, only to find the bodies of the couple lifeless, while some of them were said to have reported the incident to the police, immediately after the shocking incident

Penpushing further reports that as at the time of filing this report, a source in the neighbourhood said the domestic staff was rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) where she had been placed on admission.

“A day after the governorship and state House of Assembly elections, someone raised the alarm that his aged parents, Adeyemi Egbeoluwa, 72, and his mother, Oluwafunmilayo, were discovered murdered at their residence off Bamishile Street, Allen, Ikeja’, the source said.

“He reported the case to the police and when they got there, they found his father and mother lifeless with marks of violence on their bodies. What we gathered was that the aged couple were found in a pool of blood and the housemaid taking care of them was found unconscious with bruises on her face and body’, the source added.

“The housemaid was taken to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, where she is currently receiving treatment. We learnt that the police found a machete, plank of wood, one nose mask, a touch light, and one ID card at the victims’ residence.”

Penpushing also reports that the source who confirmed the sad incident said the police, upon getting to the premises, saw the couple’s corpses and the injured domestic worker lying unconscious on the ground.

The source said the son of the couple was said to have equally reported the incident to the police, and a family friend identified as Adegbenro Adebanjo, was quoted in a post on Facebook, saying the Lagos State Police Command was suspecting a case of murder as the domestic worker was found with critical injuries.

“On Saturday, March 18, 2023, Adefemi Egbeoluwa, a former permanent secretary in the government of Ogun State, and his wife were found dead in their Ikeja, Lagos apartment. Their domestic help was found critically wounded, leading the police to conclude that the couple was murdered by yet-to-be-known persons’, he wrote.

“May your killers never find peace; may they be hounded by their heinous crime and eventually made to pay the ultimate price. May the Lord grant your families and friends the fortitude to bear this loss’,Adebanjo wrote

Penpushing reports that as at the time of filing this report the corpses of the couple had been evacuated and deposited at a morgue for autopsy, while it was gathered that the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, had been detailed to investigate the case to track down the killers of the couple for prosecution.

The Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the sad incident, adding that the domestic staff was still alive as the time of this report, and that investigation has commenced

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