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From Fred Itua, Abuja
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, on Wednesday, said the anti-graft body has traced N7 billion, suspected to be proceeds of fraud to a religious organisation.
Addressing participants at a public engagement on youth, religion and the fight against corruption, and the launch of the fraud risk assessment project for Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAS), the EFCC chairman said the commission was investigating a fraud case of N13 billion when it traced N7 billion to the religious body, which quickly secured a restraining order, stopping the EFCC from inviting its leaders.
The anti-graft czar said the Commission will not give up on the investigation as it is appealing the restraining order in order to recover the stolen funds.
He further said another unnamed religious body was also linked to be laundering money for a terrorist body, which has been killing and destroying Nigerians and Nigeria for a long time now.
The EFCC chairman also revealed that since his assumption of office as the EFCC chairman about three months ago, the commission has secured 747 convictions.
Lamenting the high number of convictions, the EFCC chairman said most of them were from Internet related offences.
The event had the theme: “Youth, Religion and the Fight Against Corruption” and it featured launch of the Interfaith Preaching and Teaching Manual developed by the Interfaith Anti-corruption Advisory Committee (IAAC) of the Commission as a resource to promote abhorrence for corruption among adherents of the two religions: Islam and Christianity.
The Commission’s Fraud Risk Assessment Prevention and Control Project for Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, was also launched at the event.
