Ekiti by-election: Injured policewoman dead

 

A policewoman, Sergeant Bukola Olawoye, who was shot last Saturday, during the Ekiti East Constituency 1, Omuo Ekiti, House of Assembly’s by-election, is dead.

The Ekiti State Police Commissioner, Mr. Babatunde Mobayo, who broke the news of her passing said: “With deepest sorrow, we announce the death of Sergeant Olawoye Bukola, who was shot by a group of thugs that invaded Ward 7, Unit 7, during the recent Ekiti East House of Assembly By- Election.

“She died at about 6 p.m. on Monday being March 22, at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, after battling with her life for days.

“The command sympathises with her family members and prays that God grants her soul eternal rest.”

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