EFCC chairman recalls ‘saddest day’ detaining senior RCCG pastor

Ola Olukoyede, chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and a pastor in the RCCG, said one of the saddest days of his life was authorising the detention of a senior church pastor over evidence of alleged financial misconduct at the pastor’s secular workplace. Speaking at Redemption City in Ogun State after the monthly Holy Ghost Service, he urged churches not to celebrate people suspected of deriving their wealth from financial crimes. Olukoyede praised RCCG General Overseer Enoch Adejare Adeboye’s integrity, saying Adeboye ordered the immediate return of funds traced to RCCG project accounts during an investigation involving tens of billions of naira.