The FCT Head of the Civil Service, Mrs Grace Adayilo, is dead.
The Adayilo was said to have died in the early hours of Monday, 1st of September, 2025.
While the cause of her death is still sketchy, the Special Assistant on Media to the HoS, Anthony Odey, confirmed the reports to Punch Newspaper in a short text.
“Yes, please,” the text message read.
Odey, however, gave no further details surrounding the circumstances of her death.
The late Adayilo was appointed FCT Head of the Civil Service on the 6th of October 2024, by President Bola Tinubu.
She made history as both the first HoS and the first female HoS of the FCT.
Before her appointment, Adayilo served as the Permanent Secretary of the Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat.
