On Monday, March 18, 2024, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested a man named Kayode Cole for issuing a death threat against the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Ola Olukoyede. Cole was apprehended in the Lugbe area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The threat was made through Cole’s Instagram handle, “1billionsecretss”, in response to a story posted by the popular Instagram blogger, Instablog9ja, on February 1, 2024. Instablog9ja had reported on allegations of money laundering within religious sects, with a caption implicating the EFCC Chairman in investigations. In the comments section, Cole threatened that Olukoyede would be dead within six months.
During interrogation, Cole claimed that his actions were merely for attention-seeking purposes, describing it as “chasing clout.”
He will now be transferred to the appropriate authorities for further investigation and prosecution.
It’s worth noting that Ola Olukoyede had previously disclosed the EFCC’s findings regarding money laundering within religious sects during a dialogue on “Youth, Religion, and the Fight against Corruption” at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, on Wednesday, January 30, 2024. He revealed the Commission’s uncovering of a religious sect involved in laundering money for terrorists, as well as another religious organisation harbouring a suspected money launderer, following the tracing of suspicious funds to the group’s bank account.
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