Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Kayode Cole for issuing a death threat against the EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede
Cole was arrested on Monday, March 18, 2024, at the Lugbe axis of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja.
According to the anti-graft agency, the suspect made the death threat through his Instagram page handle: “1billionsecretss”, while commenting on a story.
A media house 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”.
Reacting in the comment section, Cole stated that the EFCC Chairman will be dead in six months.
“He will be dead in six months. This man will be dead in 6months 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,” EFCC said in a statement on Wednesday, March 20.