The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has revealed that a religious group in Nigeria is helping terrorists to launder money.informationguidenigeria
PEOPLES GAZETTE reports that the EFCC boss, Ola Olukoyede, did not name the religious body while narrating on Wednesday how some terror financiers got a court restraining order that prevented the EFCC from investigating the group’s alleged funding of terrorism in Nigeria.
The anti-graft agency boss said the EFCC had informed the religious group of its unlawful operations after learning about how money was laundered for terrorists.JAMB Portal
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He said, “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,” said the EFCC at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja at an anti-corruption event.NYSC Portal
“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.”JAMB Result
Recall that in September 2021, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia reportedly listed six Nigerians on their terror list. This list included financiers of terrorism.
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