Ex-EFCC chairman Lamorde for burial in Abuja Tuesday
The remains of the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, will be laid to rest on Tuesday (today) immediately after Zuhr prayer in Abuja, a funeral prayer notification obtained by journalists in Abuja on Tuesday indicated.
”On behalf of the family, friends and colleagues, we write to notify you that the Jana’iza of our late father, brother and uncle, DIG Ibrahim Lamorde and former chairman of EFCC, is coming up on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. The event will be held at the National Mosque Abuja by 1:30 p.m. immediately after after Zuhr,” it stated
A family source also said that his remains would be flown in from Egypt to Abuja on Tuesday and be buried in the afternoon immediately after the prayer.
Mr Lamorde died at the age of 61 on Sunday in Egypt, where he had travelled for medical treatment.
He died around 3:00 a.m. local time in Cairo, Egypt, three days after undergoing surgery.
Adamawa government had declared three-day mourning in honour of the late EFCC chairman.
He was the third executive chairman of the anti-graft agency.
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. He joined the Nigeria Police Force in 1986 and retired as a deputy inspector-general.
Mr Lamorde was the pioneer director of operations of the anti-graft agency when it was created in 2003.
He was the commission’s acting chairman in January 2008, a position he held until Mr Waziri was appointed chairperson and confirmed by the Senate in June 2008.
Mr Lamorde returned to the EFCC in 2010 as director of operations, replacing Stephen Otitoju.
Mr Lamode was appointed in an acting capacity as chairman of the anti-graft agency on November 23, 2011, following the removal of Farida Waziri by then President Goodluck Jonathan.
He was made the third 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.
(NAN)
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