We Are Under Siege, EFCC Cries Out to Nigerians

on 29th June 2017 at 12:19

Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, cried out to the public that its operatives across the country are under attack by killers. The cry came after confirming that one of its top operatives was again shot on June 24, 2017 but escaped death by the whiskers.

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According to Wilson Uwujaren, Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Austin Okwor an operative in the Property Fraud Section of the EFCC Zonal office in Port Harcourt, had gunmen open fire on him in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Okwor had closed late for the day and as he left office, he was suddenly accosted by a gang of daredevil hoodlums who opened fire on him.

“Luckily for him, he was able to shake off his assailants but not without sustaining some bullet wounds as they kept firing at him,” Stated Uwujaren.

He was rushed to a private hospital in Port Harcourt where he is receiving treatment. According to Ishaq Salihu, Head of the Zonal office, the incident has already been reported to the Police in Port Harcourt.

Okwor is one of the operatives investigating some sensitive cases including that pertaining to corrupt judicial officials. Before the incident, the officer had been receiving threat messages. One of such messages which he received sometime in May 2017 was reported to the Police.

“This incident underlines the hazards which operatives of the Commission are daily exposed to in the discharge of their duties.

“In 2010, precisely September 14, the head of the Commission’s Forensic Unit, Abdullahi Muazu was shot and killed by unknown gunmen in Kaduna.

“Six months earlier a team of prosecutors returning to Enugu after a court appearance in Owerri, Imo state was attacked by gunmen who opened fire on them.

“Sergeant Eze Edoga the police escort was cut down while a senior counsel with the Commission, Joseph Uzor was critically wounded but survived,” Uwujaren recounted.

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