June 6, 2026
By Luminous Jannamike
ABUJA — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Saturday denied claims that Asar Michael Sesugh died in its custody, insisting that Sesugh, who had escaped from detention weeks earlier, was neither in its custody nor on bail when he died.
The clarification came as questions persisted over the circumstances surrounding Sesugh’s death, prompting the anti-graft agency to give its account of how a suspect who escaped from custody weeks earlier was later found dead after a reported exchange of gunfire with operatives in Makurdi, Benue State.
The position was contained in a statement signed by the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, and titled, ‘Setting the Records Straight on the Death of Citizen Asar Michael Sesugh.’
