{"id":96882,"date":"2026-04-24T18:19:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kokocurrent.com\/?p=96882"},"modified":"2026-04-24T18:19:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:19:58","slug":"breaking-efcc-arrests-ex-skye-bank-chairman-ayeni-over-alleged-%e2%82%a636-5bn-30m-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kokocurrent.com\/?p=96882","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: EFCC Arrests Ex-Skye Bank Chairman Ayeni Over Alleged \u20a636.5bn, $30m Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Tunde Ayeni, a businessman and former chairman of the defunct Skye Bank Plc, over alleged financial misconduct involving \u20a636.5 billion and $30 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a report by newsmen, Ayeni was arrested in Abuja on Thursday and is currently in EFCC custody as investigations continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sources familiar with the matter disclosed that the anti-graft agency is probing the alleged diversion and misappropriation of funds reportedly obtained from Polaris Bank Plc through companies linked to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The funds are suspected to have been siphoned through a network of corporate entities allegedly connected to the former bank chairman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Tunde Ayeni, a businessman and former chairman of the defunct Skye Bank Plc, over alleged financial misconduct involving \u20a636.5 billion and $30 million. According to a report by newsmen, Ayeni was arrested in Abuja on Thursday and is currently in EFCC custody as investigations continue. Sources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":96883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[164],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-efcc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kokocurrent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kokocurrent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kokocurrent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kokocurrent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kokocurrent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kokocurrent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96884,"href":"https:\/\/kokocurrent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96882\/revisions\/96884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kokocurrent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/96883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kokocurrent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kokocurrent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kokocurrent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}