The former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Lamorde, passed on at 61.

Lamorde served as chairman of the anti-graft agency between 2011 and 2015.

As reported by Premium Times, a close associate said Lamorde died in Egypt where he had travelled for medical treatment.

The late former EFCC boss joined the Nigerian Police in 1986 and retired as a Deputy Inspector General of Police in 2021.

Lamorde was born on 20 December 1962 in Mubi, Adamawa state and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology in 1984 from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in Kaduna state.

The deceased was made the pioneer Director of Operations of the anti-graft agency in 2003. Lamorde was appointed acting chairman of the EFCC on 3 November 2011 following the removal of Farida Waziri by the then President Goodluck Jonathan, TheCable reports.

He was later confirmed as the third substantive EFCC Chairman by the Senate on 15 February 2012.

President Buhari replaced Lamorde with Ibrahim Magu as the EFCC Chairman in an acting capacity on 9 November 2015.