The former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, will be laid to rest in Abuja today, Tuesday, May 28.
According to NAN, a funeral notification revealed that Lamorde will be interred after Zuhr prayer. He passed away after undergoing surgery in Egypt.
A family source mentioned that the remains of Lamorde are expected to arrive in Abuja from Egypt today. The event will take place at the National Mosque Abuja at 1:30 p.m., immediately after Zuhr prayer.
The former EFCC Chairman was born on December 20, 1962, in Mubi, Adamawa state. He attended Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, where he graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in sociology in 1984.
Lamorde began his career in the Nigeria Police Force in 1986 and rose to the rank of deputy inspector-general before retiring.
Notably, Lamurde was appointed as the pioneer director of operations when the EFCC was established in 2003.
Lamurde served as the EFCC chairman from 2012 to 2015. Initially appointed in an acting capacity on November 23, 2011, following the removal of Farida Waziri by then-President Goodluck Jonathan, he was later confirmed as the third substantive chairman of the commission by the Senate on February 15, 2012.