The head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Olanipekun Olukoyede has said a religious body in Nigeria funds terrorist activities in the country. Nigeria’s EFCC is parallel to the FBI in the US.
The EFCC boss made the revelation on Wednesday at an event in Abuja, saying the anti-graft agency traced N7 billion out of a laundered sum of N30 billion to an unnamed religious organization.
As the agency started investigating the case, he said, the group sent a court order restraining EFCC officials from inviting its leader for interrogation or going ahead with the investigation.
“As we wrote a letter to the leader, the next thing we saw was a restraining order, stopping us from inviting them and stopping us from recovering the money,” the EFCC head said, confirming the concerns that the terrorists who are overrunning Nigeria have the backing of very powerful and influential persons and groups.
Despite such pushbacks, Olukoyede said he would not back off from the financial crimes fight. “No one will be spared,” he stated firmly.
Source: https://punchng.com/just-in-efcc-uncovers-religious-sect-laundering-money-for-terrorists-chairman/
—Ezinwanne Onwuka reports for TruthNigeria from Abuja.
