Kayode Cole has been apprehended by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after allegedly making a death threat against the Commission’s Executive Chairman, Ola Olukoyede.
Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s spokesperson, disclosed that Cole was arrested in the Lugbe sector of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Instablog9ja had posted a story with a caption: “A Religious Sect Is Laundering Money for Terrorists. We Traced N7 Billion Fraud Proceeds to another Religious Group- EFCC Chairman”.
Africa Today News, New York gathered that the suspect, using the Instagram alias “1billionsecretss,” directed the death threat towards the subject of a story posted by the renowned Instagram blogger, Instablog9ja, on February 1, 2024.
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“He will be dead in six months. This man will be dead in 6 months remembered, I said it”, he said. In the course of interrogation, the suspect claimed that he was just “chasing clout.” He will be handed over to the appropriate authority for further investigation and prosecution.
Speaking at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, during a forum addressing “Youth, Religion, and the Fight against Corruption” on Wednesday, January 30, 2024, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, unveiled the commission’s findings regarding a religious group’s involvement in laundering funds for terrorist organizations.
Recall that the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, had on Wednesday, January 30, 2024, at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, during a one-day dialogue on “Youth, Religion, and the Fight against Corruption.” revealed that the commission had uncovered how a religious sect in Nigeria is laundering money for terrorists.
Furthermore, the head of EFCC disclosed that a separate religious entity was discovered to be harboring a money launderer, following the tracing of suspicious funds to the organization’s bank account.