The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has assured Nigerians that the fire incident that occurred at the Enugu Zonal Command of the Commission will not affect its operations.

EFCC secretary Dr. George Ekpungu gave the assurance on Sunday, May 7, 2023, during an inspection visit to the Command.

Speaking to reporters after a tour of the facilities affected by the Enugu fire incident, Ekpungu expressed relief that the inferno did not affect critical components of the work of the Commission.

He also noted that the digiitisation process initiated by the Abdulrsheed Bawa leadership of the EFCC had helped to ensure that all the Commission’s processes are fully digitilised with a back-up at the central server in Abuja.

Friday’s fire incident at the Enugu Zonal Command of the EFCC was said to have been triggered by a surge in the public power source.

Ekpungu said that Nigeria’s leading anti-graft agency could not make any categorical statement on the cause of the inferno until the ongoing investigation is concluded.

“We cannot at this point in time know the exact cause of the fire but the preliminary investigation reveals it was a spark,” Ekpungu said.

“We are grateful to God that no life was lost and our critical components of operations were saved.

“For now, we don’t know the cause of the inferno but the investigation will tell us the cause of the fire and that will be done by professionals.

“We thank God that in the records, our armory, suspects, detainees and every other thing critical to our work are safe.

“And you know EFCC is ICT sophisticated. Whatever we have here, we have it at head office. So, we have a way of recovering a lot of things.

“So, since the coming of our chairman, we have been digitalising our processes. What happened here will not affect our operations.”
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