The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, headed by Samuel Anyanwu (APC-Imo East), has been investigating a former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, for alleged corruption. The committee requested for the arrest warrant Thursday.
The Senate gave the order of arrest following the refusal of Mr. Lamorde to appear before its probe panel.
Mr. Lamorde’s probe followed a petition by the chief executive of Public Alert Security Systems, George Uboh, who accused the former EFCC boss of diverting N1 trillion of assets recovered by the anti-graft agency during his time as the director of operations and later chairman.
Submitting his report on Thursday, Mr. Anyanwu said Mr. Lamorde had refused to “honour several invitations of the committee to answer charges brought against him while in office”.
