The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is after the Managing Director of
Heritage Bank Plc, Ifie Sekibo, who has allegedly ignored a series of
invitations from the commission.
Impeccable
sources at the EFCC told Punch’s correspondent that Sekibo was invited for his
role in the alleged diversion of N13bn belonging to the Oyo State Government.
The
source said the money was lodged in some secret accounts in the bank in
connivance with some top state government officials.
However,
the state government said it had no knowledge of such allegation.
A
top source at the anti-graft agency said, “We recently got information about
some suspicious accounts in Heritage Bank. We believe the funds in the accounts
are part of the proceeds of crime, particularly money laundering and outright
diversion of public funds.
“We
received intelligence reports from some concerned citizens that the money,
which is about N13bn was diverted from Oyo State between 2014 and 2015 and the
money found its way into some secret accounts fraudulently manipulated by top
management of Heritage Bank on behalf of some prominent government officials of
Oyo State.
“The
money was deposited in a secret fixed account with an agreement to share the
accrued interest among them.”
The
source alleged that about N180m was traced to Sekibo, while another N85m was
kept in a fixed deposit account on behalf of some top bank officials.
The
spokesman for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed to Punch’s correspondent on
the telephone that the commission was investigating some accounts at the bank
but refused to give more information.
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