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State House, Abuja, Director assassinated

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Some yet-to-be-identified assailants have killed a senior official of the  State House, Abuja,  Laetitia Naankang Dagan.

 
Fagan, an Assistant Director attached to the State House was killed in her apartment at Galadimawa, Abuja, on Monday evening shortly after she returned from work.
She left her office in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, about 8.00 pm and by 11.00pm she was assassinated.
Confirming the incident in a statement,  the Permanent Secretary,  Mr. Jalal Arabi, expressed grief over Dagan’s death.
The Police will fish out the killers of Laetitia and the law will take its course”, he told her parents during a condolence visit.

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