The body of a former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Lamorde is expected in Abuja today, May 28, according to a family source.
Lamorde died in Egypt on Sunday where he was receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment.
He passed on three days after undergoing a surgery.
Former minister of communications and digital economy Isa Pantami shared the burial announcement by the family on X on Tuesday.
The announcement read, “The Jana’iza prayer of our late father, brother and Uncle DIG Ibrahim LAMORDE mni and Former Chairman of EFCC is coming up Tuesday 28/05/2024 at the National Mosque Abuja by 1:30 pm in sha Allah, immediately after Zuhr!”
Lamorde joined the Nigeria Police Force in 1986 and retired as a deputy inspector-general.
Lamorde was the pioneer director of operations at the EFCC when it was created in 2003.
He was the commission’s acting chairman in January 2008, a position he held until Farida Waziri was appointed chairperson and confirmed by the Senate in June 2008.
Lamorde returned to the EFCC in 2010 as director of operations, replacing Stephen Otitoju.
Lamode was appointed in an acting capacity as chairman of the anti-graft agency on November 23, 2011, following the removal of Waziri by then President Goodluck Jonathan.
He was made substantive chairman of the agency on February 15, 2012, a position he held until November 9, 2015, when former President Muhammadu Buhari replaced him with Ibrahim Magu.
