Tragic incident happened on Wednesday at the apartment of the acting Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria, Mrs. Olufunke Omotuyi, when unidentified persons stabbed her to death. According reports, MLSCN boss was stabbed in the neck and in the chest by the assailants at about 4am on Wednesday.

It was learnt that Omotuyi, who was due for retirement from the council in two months, was attacked and killed in her residence in the Apo area of Abuja and it was gathered that the killing was reported at the Durumi Police Division and at the Zone 7 Police Command in Abuja.

The National Public Relations Officer of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, Adeyeye Tam, who confirmed the death to our correspondent, said the MLSCN boss was preparing to attend an international summit. He said, “It is confirmed that the acting Registrar and CEO of the MLSCN, Mrs. Olufunke Omotuyi, was killed in the early hours of Wednesday at her residence in Abuja.

“It is shocking. I am on my way to her apartment. I cannot say much about it now.” A worker with the MLSCN, Abuja, who spoke with us condition of anonymity, said Omotuyi lived alone in the apartment. She said, “The news has thrown all Nigerian medical laboratory scientists into mourning. The CEO was stabbed in the neck and in the chest. She was in her 60s because she was supposed to retire in two months’ time. She did not live in the apartment with her children and her husband. Her husband is a senior pastor in an Anglican church in Lagos.”

May her soul rest in peace .....Amen

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