26th May, 2024
Ibrahim Lamorde, the third Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC is dead.
Lamorde, a police officer who served as EFCC chairman between 2011 and 2015 died in Egypt where he had travelled for medical treatment, PREMIUM TIMES reported early Sunday morning quoting an unnamed source.
However, the EFCC has not confirmed the passage of its former boss.
Lamorde, 61, who was born on 20 December 1962 joined the Nigerian Police Force in 1986.
He was deployed to the EFCC at the inception of the agency as the pioneer Director of Operations.
However, Lamorde first acted as Chairman of the agency between December 2007 and January 2008 before Farida Waziri was appointed Chairperson and confirmed by the Senate in June 2008.
He was again appointed in an acting capacity as Chairman of the Commission on 3 November 2011 after the removal of Farida Waziri by President Goodluck Jonathan.
He was confirmed as the third substantive Chairman of the agency by the Senate on 15 February 2012.
Lamorde was replaced with Ibrahim Magu as the chairman of EFCC by former President Muhammadu Buhari in November 2015.
He returned to the police where he retired as Deputy Inspector General of in 2021 after he was removed as EFCC Chairman
The late EFCC boss was born on 20 December 1962 in Mubi, Adamawa State, attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology in 1984.