The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that the anti-graft agency has uncovered a religious sect in Nigeria that launders money for terrorists.
Olukoyede made the revelation on Wednesday, January 31, at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, during a one-day dialogue on “Youth, Religion, and the Fight against Corruption.
Speaking at the event, the EFCC boss noted that investigations have shown that religious organizations, institutions, sects, and bodies, are now being used as conduit pipes to launder money.
“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 said
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