A yet-to-be-identified officer of the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee connected to the Lagos Section of the anti-graft company has slumped and died.
PUNCH Metro learnt on Monday from a video being circulated on-line that the officer who was once now not in uniform slumped and died in an unrevealed a part of Lagos Circumstance on Sunday.
The video presentations the dead frame of the officer being surrounded by means of sympathisers together with some cops who coordinated a seek at the deceased officer’s bag.
Following the quest, it was once found out thru his id card that the person was once an officer of the EFCC.
A accentuation within the video mentioned, “He works with EFCC. His ID card is with him.”
Confirming the loss of life to our correspondent in a phone dialog on Monday, the spokesperson for the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, disclosed that the officer’s loss of life was once beneath investigation.
“Yes, the man is our officer. His death is being investigated. The incident happened on Sunday,” Oyewale mentioned.
PUNCH Metro reported on January 15 {that a} suspected Yahoo boy, Joshua Ikechukwu, shot an Laborer Superintendent of the EFCC, Aminu Salisu, all over a raid within the Onitsha section of Anambra Circumstance.
The operatives, who had travelled from the EFCC’s zonal headquarters in Enugu, have been mentioned to be on a venture to apprehend a bunch of suspected cyber criminals once they have been ambushed.
Oyewale, who condemned destructive narratives concerning the officer’s killing, wired that the fee would assure justice is served.
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