Fear has gripped top bank officials following the recent arrests of CEOs of three Nigerian banks by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, The Complete News has authoritatively gathered.
A reliable Source in of the banks that were raided by the anti-graft agency told this medium that fear has gripped other top officials who are suspected to the culpable in the alleged monumental money laundering fraud.
It will be recalled that the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission last week arrested Herbert Wigwe, CEO of Access Bank Plc, as money laundering investigations shifted to the Nigerian banks.
The raid of Access bank and later the arrest of its CEO, but it makes the third arrest within 10 days.
The first bank CEO to be arrested was Nnamdi Okonkwo of Fidelity Bank, in connection with the $115million laundered through the bank by former oil minister, Diezani Alison Madueke to corrupt officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission to change the results for Goodluck Jonathan.
Some of the INEC officials who received the money, N23.3 billion, have been arrested.
Then came the arrest of Yemi Adeola of Sterling Bank.
It was gathered that his arrest on Wednesday created quite a panic at the Marina in Lagos as gun toting operatives frightened the hell out of bank staff and customers before they finally stormed the office of Adeola and arrested him.
