Mr. Ibrahim Magu, the current acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was attacked by assailants in his home.
The attack occurred at about 10 pm last night (Tuesday) and had one fatality– a police Sergeant.
This is amid pressure from high profile suspects and politically exposed persons (PEP) for Magu to back down from his unwavering stance on corruption. This has caused him in the last week to increase security at his Karshi country home.
This attack comes barely 48 hours after Magu made a statement about the anti-corruption war being a do-or-die affair.
According to ‘The Nation, he said: “For those of us on this side; in the anti-corruption agencies of government, in the media, and civil society, the dagger is drawn and I believe I am speaking the mind of everyone on this side that we intend to neither retreat nor surrender in our noble intention to cure our country of the evils of corruption. For us as a country, the fight against corruption is a ‘do or die’ affair; we have to win the battle or die trying.”