Abel Isah Dickson, an inspector of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), passed away as a result of an altercation with two other colleagues over goods found on a suspect.
The goods reportedly include some cash and prescription drugs.
The two coworkers, Inspector Ogbuji Titu Tochukwu and Assistant Superintendent Apata Oluwaseun Odunayo of the EFCC, have also been charged with culpable homicide in a Sokoto court.
However, the commission’s chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, declared that he would stop at nothing to see that the guilty officials were brought to justice.
The Head of Media and Publicity of EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, who confirmed the incident in a briefing in Abuja, said the affected officers have also been suspended.
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Uwajaren said, “We have invited you this morning to brief you about an unfortunate incident that happened at our Sokoto Zonal Command, which is suspected to have led to the death of one of our young officers, Inspector of the EFCC, Abel Isah Dickson.
“The officer passed away on May 7, 2023, at the Usmanu DanFodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto where he was receiving treatment for injuries he sustained, two days earlier, in a scuffle with two other staff: Assistant Superintendent of EFCC, Apata Oluwaseun Odunayo and Inspector of EFCC, Ogbuji Titu Tochukwu.
“They had disagreed over procedures for the custody of items belonging to a suspect in detention, leading to a fight, a conduct which the commission frowns at.”
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