January 19, (THEWILL) – An Assistant Superintendent of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Halisu Sahabi, has been shot dead in Anambra.
Sahabi, attached to the EFCC Zonal Command, was tragically killed on Friday during a raid on suspected internet fraudsters in Awka.
He had led his team to the house of a cybercrime suspect identified as Chukwuka Nnamdi.
Nnamdi, a medical doctor from the Ifite area of Awka, reportedly fired a licensed pump action gun, killing Sahabi and injuring another officer.
Spokesperson of the Anambra Police Command, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident.
He said, “Anambra police operatives in the early hours of 17/1/2025 responded to a distress call at No. 1 Ekwutife Close, Ifite, and arrested one suspect and recovered one pump-action gun, where operatives of the Economic Financial Crime Commission Operatives on investigation activities were attacked by a suspect, which resulted in the death of one and serious injury to another of the operatives.”
When interrogated, Nnamdi claimed he had mistook the EFCC Operatives for an armed robber.
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