How Powerful Religious Sect Stopped EFCC From Probing N13bn Fraud

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has told how a powerful religious sect stopped the agency probing a N13billion fraud.

This the powerful religious sect did by securing a court order to stall the probe.

According to him, the commission was investigating how N7billion of an alleged crime was linked to an account operated by the religious body, when the said group flexed its muscles.

Olukoyede who gave the testimony during a one-day sensitisation event in Abuja indicted yet another religious body of receiving money from an alleged money launderer.

Some money suspected to have been laundered was traced to the organisation’s bank account, the EFCC chairman said.

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Speaking against the theme“Youth, Religion and the Fight Against Corruption” held at the Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja, the EFCC helmsman did not however name the particular powerful religious group referenced.

“A religious sect in this country had been found to be laundering money for terrorists,” Olukoyede said without naming those involved and when the crime took place.

“We were able to trace some laundered money to a religious organisation, and 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 chairman lamented.