An Assistant Director of Administration in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Ms. Laetitia Naankang Dagan, has been reportedly killed by unknown assailants in her home in Abuja.
Ms. Dagan, according to a statement issued by Assistant Director of Information in the State House, Attah Esa, worked in her office at the State House till about 8 pm on Monday, when she left for home.
The 47-year-old Dagan was killed at about 11 pm.
“Ms. Dagan from Plateau State worked in her office on Monday till 8 pm, but by 11 pm, she was gruesomely murdered in her apartment by unknown persons.
“The Permanent Secretary prayed God Almighty to comfort Ms. Dagan’s family, the entire staff of State House, and grant the soul of the departed officer eternal rest”, a statement said.
Meanwhile, reacting to the development in the 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.