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Insecurity: Gunmen murder State House Staff

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The current level of insecurity in Nigeria assumed a new height on Tuesday with the reported murder of an Assistant Director attached to the Presidential Villa, Abuja identified as Laetitia Naankang Dagan,

Dayan who hails from Plateau State, BusinessDay gathered was murdered in mysterious circumstances

Permanent Secretary, State House, Abuja, Jalal Arabi, disclosed this while sending his condolence message to the family of the deceased

Arabi described the killing of Ms Laetitia Naankang Dagan, Assistant Director of Administration in the State House, as “a painful loss, not only to her immediate family but also the entire State House.”

The 47-year State House Staff from Plateau State had worked in her office on Monday till 8pm before she left office hale and healthy.

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She was gruesomely murdered in her resident at about by 11 pm, the same night, in her apartment by unknown persons.

But Arabi while commiserating with the family, described her as “ 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.

According to the Permanent Secretary, “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.”

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.