January 31, (THEWILL) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has said some religious organisations in Nigeria aid money laundering and protect the launderers.
EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, disclosed this on Wednesday, at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, during a one-day dialogue on “Youth, Religion, and the Fight against Corruption.”
According to the anti-graft agency boss, a certain religious sect had been found to be laundering money for terrorists.
This is just as 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.
Olukoyede 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, 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”, he said.
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