Ibrahim Lamorde (born 20 December 1962) is a Nigerian police officer who was appointed Acting Chairman of the

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(EFCC) on 23 November 2011 after chairman

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had been dismissed by President

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. He was confirmed as Chairman by the Senate on 15 February 2012.

Early career

Lamorde was born on 20 December 1962 in

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. He attended

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, graduating with a B.A in Sociology in 1984. He joined the Nigerian police in 1986, and from 1987 to 1988 worked at the

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Police Command in

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. From 1988 to 1989 he was Divisional Crime Officer in

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, Niger State. He then served as Police Public Relations Officer for the Niger State police 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 investigated

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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

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as a Chief Investigation Officer. Lamorde was a Divisional Police Officer in Oyo State before being deployed to the police force headquarters in

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EFCC

The EFCC was created in 2003, headed by

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, Lamorde was made Director of Operations after

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, 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 Ningi in

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. In December 2010 Lamorde returned to the EFCC, again as Director of Operations. He replaced Stephen Otitoju, the acting 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 could be a handicap. However, Lamorde was confirmed as substantive Chairman of the EFCC on 15 February 2012.

Miscellaneous

Lamorde is a member of the

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and the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations.

Sacked By Buhari

On 9 November 2015, President Buhari sacked Ibrahim Lamorde, replacing him with Ibrahim Magu as the new EFCC chairman.

References

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