Religious Sect Laundering Money For Terrorists – EFCC

The chairman of the anti-graft agency, Ola Olukoyede, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said the anti-graft agency uncovered a religious organisation laundering money for terrorists unleashing violence across the country.

Speaking during a one-day dialogue in Abuja, on Wednesday, Olukayode said, the anti-graft agency discovered how the sect launders money for terrorists.

This year’s dialogue has its theme: “Youth, Religion, and the Fight against Corruption”.

He 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.

“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”.

“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,” the EFCC boss added.

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