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Gunmen Attack EFCC Office In Abuja, Drops Death Threat For Officials by emamos: 2:31pm On Aug 16, 2017 |
- Some gunmen invaded the officeof the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja- The commission said the gunmen dropped a death threat toone of its officers- The death threat was said to have been dropped in white envelopeSome 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. The spokesperson for the EFCC Wilson Uwujaren in a statement said the gunmen invaded the EFCC headquarters in Wuse Zone 7 at about 5 amUwujaren said:"The group of heavily armed bandits invaded theoffice 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, RiversState,"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: |
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