Ibrahim Lamorde, a former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is dead.
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.
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.When the EFCC was created in 2003, Lamorde was made the pioneer director of operations. 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 , was again appointed acting chairman.
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