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Nigeria's anti-corruption chief is fired Nigeria President Buhari fires anti-corruption chief
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Nigerian president sacks head of anti-corruption agency Ibrahim Lamorde without giving reason Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the head of the country's anti-corruption agency.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. No reason was given for the removal of Ibrahim Lamorde, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. In August, Mr Lamorde denied allegations that $5bn (£3.3bn) had gone missing at the commission.
Mr Buhari won Nigeria's presidential elections in March, promising to fight corruption in the country.
In August, a Senate committee said it was investigating charges that assets and cash recovered by the EFCC had been diverted.
At the time, Mr Lamorde described the charges to the BBC as a smear campaign.
He led the EFCC for four years until his dismissal on Monday.
Some reports say his successor has already been found.