The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, March 18, arrested one Kayode Cole for issuing a death threat against the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Ola Olukoyede.
In a Wednesday, March 20 statement, the EFCC said Cole was arrested at the Lugbe axis of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
According to the statement, the suspect made the death threat through his Instagram page handle: “1billionsecretss”, while commenting on a story posted by a popular Instagram blogger, Instablog9ja on February 1, 2024.
The EFCC said popular blog, 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”.
While reacting on the comment section of Instablog9ja, Cole was said to have stated that the EFCC Chairman would be dead in six months.
“He will be dead in six months. This man will be dead in 6months remembered, I said it,” he reportedly 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,” the EFCC statement read in part.
Recall that the EFCC Chairman, 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.
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 organisation’s bank account.