Gunmen Attack EFCC Headquarters In Abuja

A major security breach was
recorded at the
headquarters of the
Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC, in
the early hours of
Wednesday, August 16,
2017, as unknown gunmen
attacked the office located
at Wuse Zone 7, Abuja.



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.


The latest incident has already been
reported to the police for investigation.

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