Arase mourns ex-EFCC chairman, Lamorde

The Chairman of the Police Service Commission and former Inspector General of Police, Dr Solomon Arase has expressed shock over the death of a former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde, who passed on at the age of 61 in Egypt where he was receiving medical attention.

This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday by the spokesperson of the commission, Mr Ikechukwu Ani.

According to the statement, “The PSC Chairman said the nation has lost one of its bright and consummate intelligence officers who contributed immensely to the growth of intelligence policing in Nigeria.

“Not to get into mainstream policing immediately but to further hone his policing and leadership skills at the Nigerian Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), advice he accepted and which was later to positively shape his career in the Nigeria Police Force.

” Dr. Arase noted that at no time did power get into the head of the late officer who he said remained humble and committed throughout his career. The training he got at NIPSS prepared him for the greater policing challenges he faced as he climbed the ladder of success.”

The retired DIG Lamorde who was born in 1962, joined the Nigeria Police Force in 1986 and retired as a Deputy Inspector General of Police in 2021.

He served as the third Chairman of the EFCC between 2011 and 2015 and hailed from Mubi in Adamawa State.

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