The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, has denied diverting N1trillion of assets recovered from corrupt officials, saying he is prepared to face probe.

Following a petition by the Chief Executive of Public Alert Security Systems, George Uboh, the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, had summoned Mr. Lamorde to appear Wednesday when an investigation into the matter begins.

In his reaction through a statement signed by the Head of Media and Publicity of EFCC, Wilson Uwajuren, Mr. Lamorde said he had no fear for the Senate probe or “request for information regarding its activities by individuals, groups or organs of government; so far as such requests followed due process of law”.

“The EFCC as an agency that is founded on transparency is not afraid of any ‘probe’ or request for information regarding its activities by individuals, groups or organs of government; so far as such requests followed due process of law,” the statement said.

“The EFCC under Lamorde did not need the prompting of anyone, when it commissioned a reputable international audit firm, KPMG to carry out comprehensive audit of exhibits and forfeited assets of the Commission from 2003 to date. The report of the audit will be made public once it is ready.”

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