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The Federal Government of Nigeria has denied reports that it had ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate its chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde.
Reports had it on Tuesday that the Federal Ministry of Justice had ordered the EFCC to investigate the allegation that Mr. Lamorde diverted about N1 trillion proceeds of corruption recovered by the anti-graft agency.
But the ministry, in a statement by its spokesperson, Charles Nwodo, has come out to say that the report was “erroneous and misleadingâ€.
The statement acknowledged receiving a petition against Mr. Lamorde and other top officials of the EFCC.
It however, said what the Ministry did after receiving the petition “as required by the rules of public service and constitutional right to fair hearing†was to pass the petition to Mr. Lamorde for response.
The ministry said it was still awaiting the response of the EFCC chairman.