Ebun Francis || The gunmen who stormed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission head office in Abuja on Wednesday left a death note for one of the top investigators of the anti crime agency.
Wilson Uwajaren, the spokesman for the commission disclosed this in a statement shortly after the attack.
Uwajaren noted that the gunmen were unable to gain access to the office complex because they were repelled by gallant EFCC officers on duty.
The statement read, “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 incident, Uwajaren said had been reported to the police for further action.