The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has deflected another cause for tragedy as a top investigator recently has escaped death by the whiskers when gunmen opened fire on him  in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
Austin Okwor, an operative in the Property Fraud Section of the EFCC Zonal office in Port Harcourt, had closed late for the day on June 24, and as he left office, he was suddenly accosted by a gang of hoodlums who opened fire on him, a statement by the anti-graft agency said.
The spokesman of the commission also continued that “Luckily for him, he was able to shake off his assailants but not without sustaining some bullet wounds as they kept firing at him. He was rushed to a private hospital in Port Harcourt where he is  receiving treatment. The incident has already been reported to the Police in Port Harcourt.
Mr. Okwor, who had been recieving multiple death threats from the gunmen before now is one of the operatives investigating some sensitive cases including that pertaining to corrupt judicial officials, the spokesman concluded.
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