The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one Kayode Cole for issuing a death threat against the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Ola Olukoyede.
The Commission has made this known in a post on X, confirming the arrest of Mr Cole on Monday who was caught at the Lugbe axis of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja.
Recall that the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, had revealed that the Commission uncovered how a religious sect in Nigeria is laundering money for terrorists on Wednesday, January 30, at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, during a one-day dialogue on “Youth, Religion, and the Fight against Corruption”.
The EFCC boss also stated that another religious body was found to be protecting a money launderer after some money suspected to have been laundered was traced to the organization’s bank account.
However, the suspect went on to make the death threat through his Instagram page handle: “1billionsecretss” while commenting on a story posted by a popular Instagram blogger, Instablog9ja on February 1.
The story posted by Instablog9ja was captioned: “A Religious Sect Is Laundering Money for Terrorists. We Traced N7 Billion Fraud Proceeds to another Religious Group – EFCC Chairman”.
Reacting in the comment section of the blogger, Cole issued a statement that sounded like a death threat against the EFCC Chairman.
“He will be dead in six months. This man will be dead in 6 months remember I said it,” Cole said.
In the course of interrogation, the suspect claimed that he was just “chasing clout.”
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According to EFCC, Cole will be handed over to the appropriate authority for further investigation and prosecution.
