Warrant Of Arrest Issued For Ex-EFCC Boss

Former EFCC Ibrahim Lamorde, has been issued an arrest warrant over his failure to appear before the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions.

This came on a day men of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC,  visited Ekiti State in continuation of  the agency’s investigation of alleged misappropriation of over N25 billion by former governor of the state and now Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi.

Presenting the report of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, its Chairman, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, told the Senate, yesterday, that the recommendation of the committee to issue a warrant of arrest became imperative, following Lamorde’s refusal to appear and respond to allegations brought through a petition by Dr George Uboh, Chief Executive Officer of Panic Alert Security Systems, PASS, a Non-Governmental Organisation, after three letters to him by Clerk of the Committee, Mr Freedom Osolo. Senator Anyanwu said the former EFCC boss must be compelled to appear before the committee to render account of his tenure, if the Senate must avoid irreparable damage to its reputation and capacity to summon.

It would be recalled that Senate President, Bukola Saraki, had on Tuesday, October 6, 2015, referred the petition to the committee after Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, PDP, Delta North, who relied on Order 41 of the Senate Standing Orders 2015 as amended and drew the attention of the upper chamber to a petition by Dr. George Uboh against Lamorde for alleged financial crimes and corruption to the tune of N1 trillion.

Earlier in the presentation of the nine-page report, Senator Anyanwu said: “The Senate will recall that on Tuesday, October 6, 2016, rising on Order 41, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi (PDP, Delta North), drew attention of the Senate to a petition from Dr. George Uboh against the chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for alleged financial crimes and urged the Senate to look into the matter.