{"id":21143,"date":"2015-11-09T12:25:54","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T12:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/nigeria-president-buhari-fires-anti-corruption\/"},"modified":"2015-11-09T12:13:19","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T12:13:19","slug":"nigeria-president-buhari-fires-anti-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/nigeria-president-buhari-fires-anti-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria President Buhari fires anti-corruption chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the head of the country&#8217;s anti-corruption agency.<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>No reason was given for the removal of Ibrahim Lamorde, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).<\/p>\n<p>In August, Mr Lamorde denied allegations that $5bn (\u00a33.3bn) had gone missing at the commission.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Buhari won Nigeria&#8217;s presidential elections in March, promising to fight corruption in the country.<\/p>\n<p>In August, a Senate committee said it was investigating charges that assets and cash recovered by the EFCC had been diverted.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Mr Lamorde described the charges to the BBC as a smear campaign.<\/p>\n<p>He led the EFCC for four years until his dismissal on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Some reports say his successor has already been found.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-9089 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ibrahim_nigeria.jpg\" alt=\"Ibrahim Lamorde said he was planning to publish a list of seized assets \" \/><\/figure>\n<p>BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the head of the country&#8217;s anti-corruption agency. } No reason was given for the removal of Ibrahim Lamorde, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In August, Mr Lamorde denied allegations that $5bn (\u00a33.3bn) had gone missing at the commission. 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