According to the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, the anti-graft agency has unraveled how a religious sect in Nigeria is laundering funds for terrorists.
The Chairman of the Anti-graft agency made this disclosure while speaking at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, during a one-day dialogue tagged, “Youth, Religion, and the Fight against Corruption,” on Wednesday 31 January 2024.
Olukoyede, revealed that another religious body was found to be safeguarding a money launderer after some money alleged to have been laundered was trailed to the bank account of the organization.
He maintained that religious organizations, institutions, sects, and bodies, have been found guilty of money laundering.
“A religious sect in this country had been found to be laundering money for terrorists. We were able to trace some laundered money to a religious organization, and when we approached the religious organization about it and we were carrying out our investigation, we got a restraining order stopping us from carrying out our investigation.” He added.
