Ibrahim Lamorde
By Our ReporterÂ
News emanating from Cairo, the capital city of Egypt indicate that former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is dead.
Lamorde died on Sunday at the age of 61.
Premium Times reports that Lamorde died in an Egyptian hospital where he was receiving medical treatment.
Lamorde was the EFCC chairman between 2012 and 2015.
He was appointed in an acting capacity as chairman of the anti-graft agency on November 23, 2011 following the removal of Farida Waziri by former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Lamorde was confirmed as the third substantive chairman of the commission by the senate on February 15, 2012.
He was born on December 20, 1962, in Mubi, Adamawa State, and attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, graduating with a bachelor of arts degree in sociology in 1984. He joined the Nigeria Police Force in 1986 and retired as a deputy inspector-general
When the EFCC was created in 2003, Lamorde was made the pioneer director of operations.
In December 2007, he took over as acting chairman in January 2008, holding the position until Waziri was appointed chairperson and confirmed by the senate in June 2008.
In December 2010 Lamorde returned to the EFCC, again as director of operations to replace Stephen Otitoju, the then acting director of operations.
When Waziri was replaced on November 23, 2011, Lamorde, then an assistant commissioner of police (ACP), was again appointed acting chairman.
He was confirmed as substantive chairman of the EFCC on February 15, 2012, a position he held till November 9, 2015, when former President Muhammadu Buhari replaced him with Ibrahim Magu.
