Details As Battling NMulti-billion Corruption Charges Tunde Ayeni Attends Vice President Osinbajo’s Thanksgiving Service After Weeks In Detention

Eniola Adeniyi

Just out, after weeks in detention, Tunde Ayeni was one of the guests at Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s event on Sunday, March 24, 2019.

The Vice President staged an Interdenominational Service of Praise and Thanksgiving at Obafemi Awolowo Square, Ikenne, Ogun state.

The event attracted the high and mighty across the nation’s socio-economic clime.

Embattled Ayeni just regained his freedom after weeks of detention in the course of undergoing prosecution for corruption.

The former bank chairman is facing an eight-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N456.6 billion.

He has an accomplice in former bank Managing Director Timothy Oguntayo in the ongoing corruption case.

He is accused of perpetrating the alleged corruption charges while acting as the chairman of defunct Skye Bank.

Skye Bank has transformed into Polaris Bank but still finding it hard to cut ties with the unflattering perception hanging over it as a result of the alleged mismanagement by Ayeni and his co-travellers.

Societynow.ng learned that Ayeni’s appearance at the Vice President’s event may not be unconnected with seeking a way out of his troubles.

Though he attempted to stay as low profile as possible at the event which was littered with influential players in the ruling party, especially in the south-west, Ayeni was caught on camera in the back row (standing behind) with a former governor of Osun state Rauf Aregbesola.

Publicly identified as a People’s Democratic Party sympathizer, Ayeni’s attendance at the Vice President’s event in the face of his corruption troubles has sparked off all manners of talks.