Exclusive: How a religious group launders money for terrorists – EFCC

Ola Olukoyede, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has disclosed that the anti-graft agency discovered how a religious cult in Nigeria launders money for terrorists.

Olukoyede made the discovery on Wednesday at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja during a one-day conversation on “Youth, Religion, and the Fight Against Corruption.”

He also stated that another religious entity was discovered to be supporting a money launderer after money suspected of being laundered was linked to the organization’s bank account.

The anti-graft official stated that religious groups, institutions, sects, and bodies had been found guilty of money laundering.

Olukoyede said:

“A religious sect in this country had been found to be laundering money for terrorists.”

Details shortly…