Olukoyede Clarifies EFCC’s Stance On Pastor Jerry Eze And Money Laundering Allegations

The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, disclosed that they looked into Pastor Jerry Eze, the founder of Streams of Joy International, for six months regarding possible money laundering before clearing him.

Olukoyede gave a speech at the Jerry Eze Foundation Business Grant Award Ceremony in Abuja on Wednesday.

He claims that after the commission noticed significant foreign currency inflows into the cleric’s home account, intelligence reports and petitions set off the investigation.

“We work by intelligence, we work by petitions. At some point, I saw there was an account, a domiciliary account. Dollars, pounds were dropping in like raindrops, from Colombia, from America, from Sri Lanka, even from Togo.

“I said who is this man? Yes, I’ve been hearing about his name, I’ve seen his face a couple of times. I never bothered about what he was doing. I knew he was a pastor.

“So they said this one pastor of streams of joy, go and investigate him. So we went to the investigation. We combed the books,” Olukoyede stated.