Ibrahim Abdullahi Lamorde was a Nigerian police officer who was appointed Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on 23 November 2011 after chairman Farida Waziri had been dismissed by President Goodluck Jonathan.
16 Facts About Ibrahim Lamorde
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Ibrahim Lamorde was confirmed as Chairman by the Senate on 15 February 2012.
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Ibrahim Lamorde joined the Nigerian police in 1986, and from 1987 to 1988 worked at the Niger State Police Command in Minna.
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Ibrahim Lamorde then served as Police Public Relations Officer for the Niger State police from 1989 to 1993.
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In 1993, Ibrahim Lamorde was appointed an officer of the newly created Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police, serving in the unit charged with investigated advance-fee fraud until 2002.
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Ibrahim Lamorde was a Divisional Police Officer in Oyo State before being deployed to the police force headquarters in Abuja.
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The EFCC was created in 2003, headed by Nuhu Ribadu, Ibrahim Lamorde was made Director of Operations after Tiyamiyu Oluwagbemiga retired as the pioneer Director of Operations and Strategy in 2006.
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Ibrahim Lamorde took over as Acting Chairman in January 2008, holding this position until Farida Waziri was appointed Chairperson in May 2008.
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Ibrahim Lamorde was then posted to Ningi in Bauchi State.
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In December 2010 Ibrahim Lamorde returned to the EFCC, again as Director of Operations.
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Ibrahim Lamorde replaced Stephen Otitoju, the acting Director of Operations.
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When Farida Waziri was dismissed on 23 November 2011, Assistant Commissioner of Police Ibrahim Lamorde was again appointed Acting Chairman.
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However, Ibrahim Lamorde was confirmed as substantive Chairman of the EFCC on 15 February 2012.
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Ibrahim Lamorde was a member of the Nigerian Institute of Management and the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations.
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On 9 November 2015, President Buhari sacked Ibrahim Lamorde, replacing him with Ibrahim Magu as the new EFCC chairman.
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Ibrahim Lamorde died in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, where he had been receiving medical treatment, on 25 May 2024, at the age of 61.