The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Nigeria, Mr Ibrahim Lamorde, has been removed, a presidential source said.
Mr Lamorde was removed on Monday by President, Muhammadu Buhari.
He was seen at the Presidential Villa, where he allegedly held a last meeting with the President.
No reason has been given for his sack.
There are also indications that he may have been replaced, but his successor has not been named.
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EFCC Chairman Ibrahim Lamorde has been sacked and replaced with Ibrahim Magu, a top level official of the Economic and Governance Unit of the EFCC.
Ibrahim Magu has been elevated to the position of chairman of the commission.
Magu is remembered as a no-nonsense investigator of the commission at its inception. He was removed along with several other key officials by Farida Waziri when she became chairman in 2008.
Mr Lamorde was removed on Monday by President Muhammadu Buhari.
He was seen at the Presidential Villa, where he allegedly held a last meeting with the President.
No reason has been given for his sack.
There are also indications that he may have been replaced, but his successor has not been named.
Mr Lamorde took over as the chairman of the anti-graft agency on 23 November, 2011 after chairman Farida Waziri was dismissed by the former President, Goodluck Jonathan.
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A Senate committee has asked the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde, to appear before it on Wednesday over allegations that he diverted over N1 trillion being proceeds from corruption recovered by the anti-graft agency
The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions is reacting to a petition sent to the Upper House by one George Uboh, who claimed that part of the money diverted by the EFCC boss included the loot recovered from a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, and ex-Inspector-General of Police, Tafa Balogun.
Mr Uboh, the Chief Executive Officer of Panic Alert Security Systems, a security firm, in his petition dated July 31, 2015, accused Mr Lamorde of specific instances of under-remittance and non-disclosure of proceeds of corruption recovered from criminal suspects, including Balogun and Alamieyeseigha.
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