A former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Lamorde is dead, Daily Post reports.
He died at the age of 61 years.
Mr Lamorde reportedly died on Sunday morning in Egypt where he had travelled for medical treatment.
Mr Lamorde was the third Executive Chairman of the anti-graft agency.
Ibrahim Lamorde was born on 20 December 1962 in Mubi, Adamawa State. He attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, graduating with a B.A in Sociology in 1984 before joining the Nigerian Police Force on 1st February 1986, and from 1987 to 1988 worked at the Niger State Police Command in Minna. From 1988 to 1989 he was Divisional Crime Officer in Rijau, Niger State. He then served as Police Public Relations Officer for the Niger State Police Command from 1989 to 1993.
In 1993 Lamorde was appointed an officer of the newly created Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police, serving in the unit charged with investigating advance-fee fraud until 2002. One of Lamorde's colleagues at the SFU was Farida Waziri. While in the SFU, from 2000 to 2001 he was seconded to the United Nations Civilian Police in the Ermera District of East Timor as a Chief Investigation Officer. Lamorde was a Divisional Police Officer in Ojoo, Oyo State before being deployed to the Police Force Headquarters in Abuja.
With the EFCC created in 2003 and headed by Nuhu Ribadu, Lamorde was made Director of Operations. In December 2007, Ribadu was removed from his post by president Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, ostensibly to attend a training course. Lamorde took over as Acting Chairman in January 2008, holding this position until Farida Waziri was appointed Chairperson in May 2008. He was then posted to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Ningi, Bauchi State as Area Commander and later AC ‘A’ Police College, Kaduna (2009 – 2010).
In December 2010 Lamorde returned to the EFCC, again as Director of Operations.
When Farida Waziri was dismissed on 23 November 2011, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Lamorde was again appointed Acting Chairman. A number of other senior police officers were said to be competing for the position of EFCC Chairman. Lamorde's association with Waziri dating back to their days with the SFU was seen as a handicap. However, Lamorde was confirmed as substantive Chairman of the EFCC on 15th February 2012 until his sack by former President Muhammadu Buhari on November 09, 2015 and replaced with Ibrahim Magu.
He attended the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos and was deployed as Police Commissioner in the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Ikoyi – Lagos.
He was promoted Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) of Police on 10th January 2019 and subsequently redeployed to head the Directorate of Intelligence on July 03, 2020. Lamorde was elevated to Deputy Inspector-General (DIG) of Police in 2020 and headed the Force Intelligence Bureau Department, a position he held until his retirement in 2021.