Gunmen invade EFCC chief’s house, kill security guard

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday said some gunmen invaded the Abuja farmhouse of Ibrahim Magu, its acting chairman, killing a security guard.

This is the second attack targeted at the EFCC chief. In September, some gunmen shot into the EFCC office in Abuja and left a letter of threat after their operation.

Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC spokesman, said despite the attack, the anti-graft agency would not relent in its fight against corruption.

“The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, confirms an attack on the property of the acting chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu, which unfortunately resulted in the death of a security official,” he said.

“The property, a farmhouse located in Karshi, a suburb of Abuja was attacked by unknown gunmen at about 10pm on December 12, 2017.

“The unidentified men murdered a police sergeant on duty. The incident was the second such attack on the same farmhouse.

“While the commission will not speculate on the motives for the attack or the sponsors, it wishes to state that the EFCC under the leadership of Ibrahim Magu will not be deterred in its mission of ridding Nigeria of corruption.”