Crime
69-yr-old retired perm. sec. gruesomely murdered
A 69-year-old retired woman, Olaitan Gbenle has been gruesomely murdered by a yet-to-be-identified assailants in Ibadan, Oyo State.
The deceased, a retired Permanent Secretary with the Oyo State Government, was attacked and killed at her residence along All Saints College Road, Idi Ishin, off NIHORT area of Ibadan between Thursday and Friday last week.
Nigerian Tribune reports that the woman was str@ng¥lated after her assailants tied her hands and legs. She was reportedly found with her ti£d hands and legs on Friday morning while she still had the dress she wore on Thursday on her.
It was learnt that the killers came to the deceased’s house a day after she reported to the police that her life was being threatened by some hoodlums who used to smoke marijuana close to her residence.
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