Abel Isah Dickson, an Inspector with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), lost his life after a fight with two of his colleagues over evidence taken from a suspect.

Medication and some cash are reportedly among the things.

The two colleagues, Assistant Superintendent of the EFCC Apata Oluwaseun Odunayo and Inspector of the EFCC Ogbuji Titu Tochukwu, have also been charged with culpable homicide in a Sokoto court.

But Abdulrasheed Bawa, the commission's chairman, vowed to do everything in his power to see that the guilty officials are brought to justice.

The affected officials have also been suspended, according to the EFCC's Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, who confirmed the incident at a briefing in Abuja.

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.”