The police have commenced an investigation into the gun attack on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC headquarters in Wuse, Abuja by un
The police have commenced an investigation into the gun attack on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC headquarters in Wuse, Abuja by unknown gunmen. A major security breach was recorded in the early hours of Wednesday August 16th 2017, as armed men 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 while the hoodlums escaped in a getaway vehicle but not without leaving a message; a white envelope dropped by the fleeing attackers and 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 of the EFCC is in charge of corruption investigation involving several politically exposed persons and retired military brass hats. The Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood said the Federal Capital Territory Police Command had initiated an investigation into the accident. He explained that detectives are examining the threat letter the attackers dropped.
Moshood said the letter would be subjected to forensic analysis and investigation to determine its origin.
“We have not made any arrest yet, but we are looking at the evidence from the crime scene, including the threat letter dropped by the attackers,” he stated.
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.
