Sunday, May 26, 2024 - Ibrahim Lamorde, the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has died at the age of 61.
Mr Lamorde died in Egypt where he was
receiving medical treatment, a close associate said, according to Premium
Times.
Lamorde served as EFCC chairman between
2011 and 2015 while he was a police officer.
He joined the Nigerian Police in 1986 and
retired as a Deputy Inspector General of Police in 2021.
According to his profile on the EFCC
website, Mr Lamorde was the third Executive Chairman of the anti-graftagency.
When the EFCC was created in 2003, Mr
Lamorde was made the pioneer Director of Operations. In December 2007, he took
over as Acting Chairman, holding the position until Mrs Farida Waziri was
appointed Chairperson and confirmed by the Senate in June 2008.
In December 2010, Mr Lamorde returned to
the EFCC as Director of Operations to replace Stephen Otitoju, the then Acting
Director of Operations.
Lamorde was appointed again as an acting
Chairman of the Commission on November 3, 2011, following the removal of Farida
Waziri by President Goodluck Jonathan.
He was an Assistant Commissioner of Police
(ACP) at the time.
On February 15, 2012, he was confirmed as
the third substantive Chairman of the Commission by the Senate.
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