Sequel to gunmen attack on its Abuja office on Wednesday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is set to relocate its annexe office handling sensitive cases.
The anti-graft agency has also started overhauling security in all its offices nationwide including the headquarters in Abuja.
A top source, who spoke in confidence, said: “As part of the implications of the attack on our annex office and constant death threats to our operatives, we have reviewed our security apparatchik.
“We have decided to relocate the office which was attacked to a safer place in Abuja. This relocation is with immediate effect.
“The Acting Chairman of EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has also directed all Zonal directors of the commission to beef up security in all offices and facilities.
“The commission had taken the steps in anticipation of the early completion of its headquarters.”
As at press time, no suspect had been arrested in connection with the Wednesday attack on EFCC annex office.
The top source added: “The police force is handling the probe, we have left everything to their detectives to handle. We cannot be a judge in our own case.”
But the source said the EFCC was suspecting some high-profile suspects under investigation and some Politically Exposed Persons.
The source said: “We are working on clues implicating some some high-profile suspects and some Politically Exposed Persons.
“Some of these high-profile suspects had tried to influence EFCC leadership and operatives without any success.
“We cannot be intimidated under any guise at all. We will pursue all cases to logical conclusion.”
Some unknown gunmen, who invaded the annex office of the EFCC, also dropped a death threat note for a senior investigator, Ishaku Sharu, who heads the Foreign Exchange Malpractices Fraud.
In spite of its sensitive investigation and huge recovery, the EFCC has been operating from make-shift offices and safe houses in Abuja.
Although the Federal Government on November 27, 2010 awarded the contract for the EFCC permanent headquarters to Julius Berger Nigeria Plc for N18.86 billion, the project could not be completed within the three-year timeline.
Alleged paucity of funds delayed the completion of the project.
But the Federal Executive Council on April 26, 2017 approved additional N5 billion for the construction of the headquarters.