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BREAKING: Former EFCC Chairman Ibrahim Lamorde, Dies At 61
Lamorde was appointed again as an acting Chairman of the Commission on November 3, 2011,
Abuja, Nigeria- Ibrahim Lamorde, the former chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has died at the age of 61.
Premium Times reported that Lamorde died in Egypt where he was receiving medical treatment.
Lamorde served as EFCC chairman between 2011 and 2015 while he was a police officer.
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 again 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.
On February 15, 2012, he was confirmed as the third substantive Chairman of the Commission by the Senate.
He held the position until November 9, 2015, when President Buhari replaced him with Ibrahim Magu as the EFCC Chairman in an acting capacity.