Religious Sect Laundering Money For Terrorists, EFCC Chairman, Olukoyede Alleges
Ayuba Sanusi
THE Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede has alleged that a Nigerian religious group is financing terrorism.
Mr Olukoyede also said that the anti-graft agency uncovered a different religious organisation that was discovered to be shielding a money launderer after some suspected money was determined to have been laundered and linked to the bank account of the organisation.
Mr Olukoyede made the revelation Wednesday at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, during a one-day dialogue on “Youth, Religion, and the Fight Against Corruption”, organised by the Commission.
He noted that religious organisations, institutions, sects, and bodies have been found culpable in money laundering.
Olukoyede said, “A religious sect in this country had been found to be laundering money for terrorists.”
He earlier noted that: “We were able to trace some laundered money to a religious organisation, and when we approached the religious organisation about it and we were carrying out our investigation, we got a restraining order stopping us from carrying out our investigation.”
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