The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission governing board has set up an investigation panel to probe the death of its North-West Zonal Director, Julius Haruna.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, a statement by the secretary of the board in Abuja, Tam Tamunokonbia disclosed that Haruna died while in the commission’s office on Wednesday in Katsina.
Haruna, according to Tamunokonbia was involved in a dispute which escalated to fisticuffs with a female employee of the commission, Muibat Abdusalam.
in other to ensure a fair, transparent and credible investigation, the board had also directed an immediate but temporary relief of relevant leadership and operatives within the commission.
Tamunokonbia said a legal practitioner and a member of the board, Dr Ben Nwoye, had been appointed as the chairman of the investigation panel constituted to investigate the events that led to the death of the director.
He said retired AVM Wakili Ahmed, another member of the board, was also appointed as co-chairman of the panel.
Tamunokonbia said the board directed that representatives from the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment and Office of the Head of Service of the Federation, be invited as members of the panel.
“The Katsina State Police Command is currently continuing its own investigations. Abdusalam is currently detained by the command.
“The commission will continue to make appropriate, full and frank disclosures of information, any investigative outcomes and or judicial processes, where applicable.
“The commission notwithstanding continues to discharge its mandate including across the North-West region,” he said.
Tamunokonbia said the board extended its condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of the deceased.
