The efforts of the senate to investigate Ibrahim Lamorde, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for allegedly diverting N1 trillion recovered from corrupt politicians, are down to EFCC’s recent probe of Toyin Saraki, wife of the senate president, an official of the commission has said.

After George Uboh petitioned the senate accusing the EFCC of diverting the loot recovered from‎ Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, former governor of Bayelsa state and Taf‎a Balogun, former inspector-general of police, the senate committee on ethics, privileges and public petitions announced that it will begin a probe of the matter on Wednesday.

It invited Uboh to appear before it by 10am on Wednesday.‎

Lamorde was said to have committed the alleged offence while he was director of operations of the EFCC between 2003 and 2007, and as acting chairman of the commission between June 2007 and May 2008‎.

However, an EFCC official told TheCable on Monday that the senate was “trying to scandalise” the commission because of its investigation of Toyin Saraki, wife of Bukola Saraki, senate president. He also said Lamorde had not received an official invitation from the senate.

“There is nothing like summon or invitation to the commission from the senate,” he said.

“What is supposedly a petition to the senate is something engineered by the leadership of the senate because we are investigating the wife of the senate president.

“Everything the senate is doing is to scandalise the commission because we are investigating the wife of the senate president.”

The EFCC is investigating Mrs Saraki over an offence of money laundering she allegedly committed while her husband was the governor of Kwara state.

In July, when she was invited for questioning, a hive of lawmakers led by Dino Melaye accompanied her to the headquarters of the EFCC in Abuja, in what was described as an attempt to stampede the commission.

She promised to cooperate with the commission on whatever information it needed, the ‘Like Mind’ senators who are loyalists of the senate president, questioned the entire process, saying it was part of a larger plan to pull down Saraki, who became president of the upper chamber against the wish of his party.

https://www.thecable.ng/senate-bent-embarrassing-lamorde-probing-sarakis-wife

plans.... This political chess never ends..

Hmmm. Just hoping things will not be as mother will put in Yoruba in the end ; Ole gbe, Ole gba ; Thief thief am , Thief collect am . Watching in my google glasses

. Everything worketh for the good of the people. All must be investigated, both saraki wife and Lamorde.

I am a Proud wailer. But I see noting good in Saraki's emergence as Senate President.
The office has lost pomp, pride and quality dat was the norm under 'Davido Markinwa'.


Saraki is just there for personal gains and politics.

pwobe anything pwobe, all we need is a country free from corruption, which is not POSSIBLE.

Mtchew

okay!!! atigbor

That's sickening.

Buhari should scrub his shabby probe plan.....else he destroy his government with propaganda as things seem to be now

Ko de kan aye *in oritsefemi voice*

Whoever is found to be corrupt; whether the 'prober' or 'probed', should be probed. Hurrying to the newspapers to defend oneself is no defence. They should save their defence for their Counsel.



One other thing...

EFCC is beginning to sound like the politicians they investigate.

That is a no-brainer.

Hw does it concerns me Click my signatures to add your website / blog url

Na wa for all these back and forth in politics these days.

This is what having a known thief as senate president has reduced the senate to.

Ok na. Bushmeat catching the hunter.

When EFCC invited saraki's wife we hailed them and ask her to defend herself, now senate want to investigate Lamorde and we're here saying it was because of saraki's wife. Let Lamorde go to senate and defend himself too. Buhari probe GEJ we hailed, Wike probe Amaechi, na witchhunt, Ambode expose Fashola, we complain but EL-Rufai is free to probe. Most naija talks with two mouth. Smh

Those senators are not different from the policeman that was carrying a woman's bag.

Corrupt leaders fighting corruption in a corrupt country called Nigeria.....

hiei! som ppl de post comments b4 OP sef... wetin be 'really...'? tru tru,many of us r jobless...







anyway,wat waz d topic again...*yawning*

If the allegations are true then Lamorde is a thief too and has no business heading an anti-corruption agency. He who comes to equity must come with clean hands. If they say the petition n allegations against him are because of investigating Toyin Saraki then what led to her investigation first of all? Is it not because Saraki broke sacred APC rules, dared to show some independence and emerged Senate President? They should keep the mud flying o jare!

Either ways... Let them probe him.. In another news...

Happy birthday to me...

Notmybiz

omo see bar! and na only 5m I need oh

Nothing is impossible in Nigerian politics , most of those people that went to the EFCC with Sarakis wife weren't just mere senate members , Tinubu should watchout for the boomerang that might come his way once the senate is done with Lamorde .

Normal level. Those that leave in Glass house don't throw stones...

Make this Buhari sniffing PROBOSCIS no land am for gbege o!

They'll all put one another in trouble soonest. By themselves. Bunch of confused individuals.

sadly in nigeria many of the big shots have dirt in their closets