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Suspected assassins tried to kill a senior officer of Nigeria's anti-corruption police, it said on Tuesday, alleging that the failed murder was an attempt to intimidate the force.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which is prosecuting several powerful former state governors, said four heavily armed men and a woman had tried on Monday to break into the home of Dapo Olorunyomi, the chairman's chief of staff.
"The apparent threat to the life of the chief of staff ... is yet another in the long list of despicable attempts aimed at intimidating the commission," the EFCC said in a statement.
"However, EFCC will not be cowed into submission by those who feel threatened by the commission's unwavering commitment to enforce its mandate to rid Nigeria of all forms of economic and financial crimes," it said.
The EFCC said it had reported the suspected assassination attempt to security agencies and investigations were under way.
Nigeria is one of the world's most corrupt countries, according to independent watchdog Transparency International.
It is Africa's top oil producer and its most populous nation but human rights activists say billions of dollars of oil revenues have been stolen to the detriment of the poor majority.
The EFCC, created in 2003 by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has achieved unprecedented results such as the convictions for corruption of a chief of police and a former oil state governor.
However, critics say the EFCC was used by Obasanjo as a political tool in the run-up to April elections. Opposition politicians and some within the ruling party allege that the EFCC targeted candidates Obasanjo didn't like to disqualify them from the race. It has denied this.
Since Obasanjo stepped down on May 29, the EFCC has become embroiled in new controversies. Chairman Nuhu Ribadu has been resisting attempts by the new justice minister to assert his authority over the commission.
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