Laetitia Naankang Dagan, the Assistant Director attached to the State House, Abuja was on Monday night assassinated by unidentified persons in her apartment.
Dagan was said to have been killed in her apartment in Galadimawa, Abuja, on Monday evening shortly after she returned from work.
She was said to have left her office in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, about 8 pm while the incident reportedly happened about 11 pm.
A State House statement confirmed the development, quoting the Permanent Secretary, Jalal Arabi, as mourning the deceased.
Arabi was further quoted as telling her parents during a condolence visit that “the Police will fish out the killers of Laetitia and the law will take its course.”
Reacting to the development in a statement, the Permanent Secretary, State House, Jalal Arabi, described the killing of Dagan as “a painful loss, not only to her immediate family but also the entire State House.
“She was a dedicated, hard-working officer, and we all feel pained by her dastardly and untimely death,” Arabi told her family members during a condolence visit.
The Permanent Secretary said: “We all share in your grief and pains, but be consoled by the fact that she lived a good life and contributed her best to the services of her nation.”
Arabi expressed confidence that “the Police will fish out the killers of Laetitia and the law will take its course.
