Federal Government Director Commits Suicide Following EFCC Invitation

Christopher Orji, the assistant Director of the National Biotechnology Development Agency, has allegedly committed suicide.

He was until his death, the coordinator of the agency’s Bioresource Centre in the Langtang Local Government Area of Plateau State.

Report says Orji’s lifeless body was found dangling with a rope tied to a ceiling fan at his residence in the Federal Housing Authority Estate, Lugbe, Abuja, on August 30, 2021

Investigations carried out disclosed that he had earlier been invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for an interview at their Abuja office on the said date.

However, a staff of the agency, who pleaded anonymity, said Orji could not have killed himself as no suicide note was found at his residence.