The efforts of the senate to investigate Ibrahim Lamorde, chairman of EFCC for allegedly diverting N1 trillion recovered from corrupt politicians, is a payback to the commission's boss for the recent probe of the senate president's wife, an official of the commission has said.
Ibrahim Lamorde
Ibrahim Lamorde, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is currently being victimised by the Senate under the guise of probing him for allegedly diverting N1 trillion recovered from corrupt politicians.
This recent probe has been attributed to his investigation of Toyin Saraki, the wife of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki for alleged fraud.
According to The Cable, 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.
Larmode according to an EFCC source is yet to receive an official invitation from the senate.
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.
The EFCC source said,
“There is nothing like summon or invitation to the commission from the senate.
“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.”
It should be recalled that the
EFCC is investigating Mrs Saraki over an offence of money laundering she allegedly committed while her husband was the governor of Kwara state.