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<p>Ola Olukoyede, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, revealed that the EFCC had linked a religious group to the N7 billion in cash that was thought to be the proceeds of money laundering.</p>
<p>He revealed the information on Wednesday during a one-day discussion on “Youth, Religion, and the Fight against Corruption” at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja.</p>
<p>Although he did not name them, the EFCC chairman also stated that the agency had found another religious organisation that has been using money laundering to support terrorists.</p>
<p>According to The Punch, an anti-graft agency source with knowledge of the case attested to the fact that the N7 billion was transferred into a church’s account.</p>
<p>According to Olukayode, a number of the nation’s religious organisations, institutions, sects, and bodies had been found to be aiding and abetting fraudsters and terrorists.</p>
<p>He claims that the anti-graft agency found N7 billion that had been laundered in a religious organization’s bank account while looking into a N13 billion fraud.</p>
<p>The chairman of the EFCC declared that they could not proceed due to a restraining court order, but he promised that the anti-graft organisation will pursue legal action to retrieve the money as the judgement was being appealed.</p>
<p>Olukoyede said; <em><strong>“We were investigating a N13bn money laundering case when we discovered that N7bn of the N13bn was linked to a religious organisation’s bank account.</strong></em></p>
<p><strong><em>“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.”</em></strong></p>
<p>He added;<em><strong> “No one will be spared, we’ll probe everyone who is suspected to be committing financial crimes, and these includes members of the executive, legislative, and judiciary arms of government”.</strong></em></p>
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