Gunmen Dare EFCC, Invade Headquarters, Drop Death Threat

Some gunmen on Wednesday, August 16, launched an attack at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja. The attack, the commission said, took place at the early hours of Wednesday as said by the Public Relations officer of the commission Wilson Uwujaren

Uwujaren said: "The group of heavily armed bandits invaded the office at about 05.00 hours and began shooting into the premises, damaging vehicles parked in the premises in the process. However, the attack was repelled by guards on duty."

The hoodlums escaped in a getaway vehicle but not without leaving a message; a white envelope dropped by the fleeing attackers was found to contain a death threat addressed to Ishaku Sharu, a senior investigator with the Commission.

Ishaku who heads the Foreign Exchange Malpractices Fraud Section is in charge of corruption investigation involving several politically exposed persons and retired military brass hats.

The attack on the Zone 7 office which houses the Commission’s AMCON Desk, Procurement Fraud and Foreign Exchange Malpractices Sections, is coming few weeks after another investigator, Austin Okwor was shot and wounded by unknown assailants in Port Harcourt, Rivers State," Uwujaren added. He also the incident has been reported to the police for proper investigations. Watch below as the EFCC organised a march tagged ‘walk against corruption’ in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

Input: Naij