He added that the agency also encountered another religious sect in whose account money linked to a money launderer was found.
By Ife Osemedua
365Daily – Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has said a religious sect in Nigeria was caught laundering money for terrorists.
He added that the agency also encountered another religious sect in whose account money linked to a money launderer was found.
According to the EFCC chairman who was speaking during a one-day dialogue on “Youth, Religion, and the Fight against Corruption” on Wednesday at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, the organisation has been protecting the suspect from prosecution through a restraining order from a court.
Olukoyode emphasised the need for religious, traditional leaders and public officials to assist the anti-graft body in its bid to curb corruption in the country, noting that “no one will be spared, we’ll probe everyone who is suspected to be committing financial crimes, and these include members of the executive, legislative, and judiciary arms of government.”
Speaking at the event, President Bola Tinubu, who was represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, spoke extensively about the need to curb corruption in government and among the youth.
Te Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fhagbemi; former Minister of Power, Babatunde Fashola; Ọọni of Ifẹ, Ọba Enitan Ogunwusi; Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar; President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN); Chairperson, Nigeria Committee of Vice Chancellors, Professor Lilian Salami, and the Registrar of JAMB, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, were among top dignitaries that attended the event.