On Friday May 6th, officials of EFCC visited the headquarters of Access Bank Plc seeking clarification from the bank's officials. The Commission invited Herbert Wigwe - Managing Director of the bank for questioning and released him after a couple of hours.
It is back to business as usual in the bank and activities have continued without any disruptions.
The EFCC had taken its investigation into the arms procurement scandal further to the 2015 presidential campaign funds of former President Goodluck Jonathan, with the fresh move a result of alleged discoveries that more party members received funds from the office of the National Security Adviser, specifically for the party's presidential campaign.
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Efcc is working
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See his head
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Good for him!
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EFCC where is FFK?
Hmmmmmmmm even efcc no dey free from corruption...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released the chief executive officers of two Nigerian banks after the men returned billions of naira they had illicitly acquired from political slush funds during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan.
Two EFCC sources told SaharaReporters that Sterling Bank’s CEO, Yemi Adeola, who was arrested on Wednesday in a raid on his bank by EFCC operatives, was released last night after he deposited a payment of N5 billion. According to one of our sources, the money returned by Mr. Adeola was in partial restitution for a transaction of $88 million he received from Nigeria's former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke.
Mr. Adeola is expected to pay back a total of N17 billion to the recovery accounts of the Nigerian treasury within two weeks.
Also released last night was Herbert Wigwe, the Managing Director of Access Bank Plc., who was arrested yesterday after EFCC agents raided the bank headquarters in Lagos.
A source at the EFCC told SaharaReporters that some notable personalities, including Oba Akiolu of Lagos and the bank's former CEO, Aig-Imokhuede, had pressured the anti-corruption agency to grant Mr. Wigwe bail. “We refused all such entreaties until Mr. Wigwe returned $5 million.” EFCC investigators said Zenith Bank had illicitly transferred the $5 million to Access Bank from a slush fund arranged by Ms. Alison-Madueke.
The EFCC source said the agency was conducting discreet investigations and recoveries of plundered funds from rogue bank CEOs who assisted Ms. Alison-Madueke and other officials of President Jonathan’s administration to launder funds. He added that most of the funds were laundered through opaque accounts that were kept “off records” by bank MDS.
The case of Access Bank was also linked to oil businessmen Jide Omokore and Kola Aluko, now a fugitive. Between them, both men are suspected to have stolen more than $6 billion from oil proceeds that should have accrued to the Nigerian government treasury.
According to an EFCC source, the two oil businessmen’s link at Access Bank is an executive director, Angela Ebagua, who is Omokore's wife. EFCC investigators who recently searched Ms. Ebagua Lagos home found her in possession of a $600k wristwatch.
One of our EFCC sources disclosed that the agency was now looking at First Bank. He said the EFCC’s investigation of the bank was focusing on the bank’s role in laundering more than $1 billion for the National Security Adviser’s office during the tenure of Colonel Sambo Dasuki, who is on trial for funneling billions of dollars of security funds into private hands. The source added that First Bank may have helped launder funds for Ms. Alison-Madueke, Mr. Omokore, and Mr. Aluko. EFCC officials recently invited a former CEO of the bank, Bisi Onasanya, for a chat.
The PR job is poorly. Rather let him resign already.
Linda, thank you for performing your duty as an unbiased blogger and media person. Do you know that The Guardian newspaper published that he was ARRESTED INSTEAD OF SAYING HE WAS INVITED FOR QUESTIONING. If you ask them, they will tell you that they have to defame characters just to sell papers. Guess what, they are actually selecting targets for defamation. Did you know that Yemi adeola was also arrested (or rather invited) and they wrote that he was invited and even on twitter the sensationalized Wigwe supposed arrest. LINDA, please, in the name of God, go after the dirt on these print media, particularly Punch and Guardian, as they are the most widely read, yet they enjoy defaming people's character and yet they cover their own rot. Emeka Mba collected money from Akpobolokemi to defame Tinubu and Buhari. Yet his name has just vanished like a bad odour in the air.
CHANGE is here.
Masugudu sugudu.
. ~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA
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Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today raided the headquarters of Access Bank Plc. in Lagos, and arrested the bank's managing director, Herbert Wigwe.
An EFCC source disclosed that Mr. Wigwe was quizzed regarding funds laundered through the bank by officials of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).
Our EFCC source stated that the source of some questionable funds located in the bank was also traced to former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke.
The source disclosed that the Access Bank MD received $5 million that was routed through Zenith bank.
Hmmm
Until I start seeing convictions that's when I will know that EFCC are really working until then they're just toothless bulldog
Okay
I'm sure it hasn't ended yet
...merited happiness
Looks like Dasuki talked.
They all talk.
EFCC as usual motion without movement...#onMYway...
THIEF!!!!!!
Good for him. Linda take note!
Ar u sure ur sayin d right tin?@Efcc.campaign fund?
Serious issue!!
Thank god he wasn't arrested
Thank god he wasn't arrested!
Hmm
-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds
Thank you for details
Gud for him.
#FINEST
Wetin do he head. Dat head wey u see na innovative ideas full am. He is not guilty until proven oda wise. They r taking tomorrow,no one can stop them.
EFCC..
This man na big thief and he like small small girls die
Always on foreign trips using shareholder funds to nack babes
Good Development!
If you give Linda 50k she will write anything
This fraudster was arrested
Dont mind Linda
Abi Access on pay abi
According to the Nigerian law, when you are invited, it is an arrest. I was informed of this when the same thing happened to me. Once you are in the custody of a law enforcement agency, you have lost your liberty of freedom (albeit temporary in some cases) .
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