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Nigeria President Buhari fires anti-corruption chief | |
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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the head of the country'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 (£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. |