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By Emmanuel Adeleke
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has disclosed that the anti-graft agency has uncovered how a religious sect in Nigeria is laundering money for terrorists.
The EFCC boss made the disclosure at a one-day dialogue on “Youth, Religion, and the Fight against Corruption,” held at Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, on Wednesday.
He also 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.
Olukeyede noted that religious organisations, institutions, sects and bodies, have been found culpable 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 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,” he said.
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