Gunmen at the weekend hacked to death a senior staff of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) identified as Mrs Ibironke Oluremi Adefila.
The deceased was said to have been killed by assailants suspected to be assassins in Ikorodu area of Lagos.
It was learnt that the deceased was trailed while she was on her way to work in the early hours of Friday, January 28, 2022.
A source said the assailants killed the victim opposite Awalu Group of Schools, Powerline Area in Laketu, Ikorodu.
The deceased was said to have died before she could get to the hospital.
The police said the deceased’s record at the hospital where she was taken to by some passersby showed that she was brought to the hospital already dead.
Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Adekunle Ajisebutu, who confirmed the incident, said homicide detectives are currently on the trail of the killers.
He said the state Commissioner of Police had ordered that the case be transferred to the homicide unit of the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba.
He, however, assured the family of the deceased that the killers would be brought to book.
