The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that the anti-graft agency has uncovered a religious sect in Nigeria laundering money for terrorists.
Olukoyede revealed that another religious body was found to be protecting a money launderer after some money suspected to have been laundered was traced to the organisation’s bank account.
He made the revelation on Wednesday at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, during a one-day dialogue on “Youth, Religion, and the Fight against Corruption.” noting that religious organisations, institutions, sects, and bodies, have been found culpable of money laundering.
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Olukoyede said, “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 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.”
