The Federal Ministry of Justice has ordered the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) to commence investigation into the
allegation that the agency’s chairman, Ibrahim
Lamorde, diverted about N1 trillion proceeds of
corruption recovered by the anti-graft agency.
The request follows a petition dated
September 18, 2015, sent to the Solicitor-
General and Permanent Secretary, Federal
Ministry of Justice, Mr. Abdullahi Yola.
The petition was filed by a security expert and
Chief Executive Officer of a security firm, Panic
Alert Security Systems (PASS), George Uboh.
Uboh sent a reminder letter dated September
28, to Yola, threatening to sue the ministry, if
he failed to respond to his petition within
seven days.
In the petition, Uboh asked the Justice
Ministry, “through which EFCC derives its power
to immediately rescind the fiat to prosecute
criminal suspects from EFCC”.
He also sought a “fiat for the prosecution of
EFCC’s past and present leadership and their
known and unknown co-conspirators via the 22-
page preliminary criminal charges the
undersigned has prepared.”
The ministry’s letter, signed by the Director,
Public Prosecutions of the Federation,
Muhammad Diri, on behalf of the Permanent
Secretary, is dated October 8, 2015.
The letter made available to reporters in Abuja
yesterday, reads: “I refer to your letter dated
September 28, 2015, in respect of the above
mentioned subject matter.
“I am directed to inform you that your petition
has been sent to the EFCC for their response to
the allegation contained therein.
“The commission has been directed by the
Solicitor-General of the Federation and
Permanent Secretary to forward the result of
its investigation as soon as it is completed.
“Accept please, the assurances of the highest
regards of the Solicitor-General of the
Federation and Permanent Secretary.”
It remains to be seen how the EFCC will
successfully launch an investigate on its own
head.
Lamorde, still presides over commission
activities, and routinely receives foreign and
local agencies who pay courtesy visits.
Uboh has, however, argued that “pursuant to
the Civil Service Rules, Ibrahim Lamorde must
step aside during the pendency of the
investigation by the commission”.
He had alleged that Lamorde diverted among
others, the loot recovered from a former
Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye
Alamieyeseigha and an ex-Inspector-General of
Police Tafa Balogun.

Source: dailypost.ng/2015/10/27/n1trillion-saga-confusion-as-fg-orders-efcc-to-probe-sitting-chairman-lamorde/

Ok

Funny.... He should be suspended first to avoid interfering with the investigation

This is a new regime in which people will face the consequences of their actions and/or inactions. Not the one where impunity reigned supreme.

Yes, this is the change I asked for. We're nit there yet but gradually we shall get there somehow.

hmmmm

Nigeria is so f(u)cked up; those installed to stop corruption are actually corrupt themselves.

When the bush meat dey hunt the Hunter

watching in 7D

Larmode is Kworropt since his days in lagos.

This is a tale of the witch being witch hunted !!!!