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A religious sect laundering money for terrorists – EFCC

A religious sect laundering money for terrorists – EFCC

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ola Olukoyede has revealed that the anti-graft agency uncovered how a religious sect is laundering money for terrorists in Nigeria.

Olukoyede made the revelation on Wednesday at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja during a one-day dialogue on “Youth, Religion, and the Fight against Corruption.”
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He also said that 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 said: “A religious sect in this country had been found to be laundering money for terrorists.”

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