Cracks detectives attached to the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command, Abuja, have arrested a suspect over the murder of an Assistant Director in the Presidency, Laetitia Naankang Dagan.
According to a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday by the Spokesman of the Command,
DSP Anjuguri Manzah, the preliminary investigation into the murder led to the arrest of the suspect.
It stated that the suspect was believed to have conspired with others now at large to perpetrate the crime.
According to the statement, “the suspect, who is currently under interrogation, is assisting the team of police detectives with information that will lead to the arrest of the other suspects connected to the crime, that are now at large.
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“While commiserating with the family, friends and colleagues of the deceased on the unfortunate incident, the FCT Police Command is assuring members of the public that it has deployed relevant investigative tools to unravel the circumstances surrounding the victim’s unfortunate death and ensure the arrest and prosecution of suspects behind the heinous act.”
The Command, however, urged members of the public to disregard insinuations making the rounds in some social media platforms over the incident and appealed to the members of the public to desist from pre-empting the ongoing police investigation.
The deceased was reportedly murdered on Monday by unknown gunmen in her Abuja residence.