Exclusive! All The Details Why Billionaire Tunde Ayeni May Stay In Detention Till After General Election

Eniola Adeniyi

Details available to societynow.ng revealed that billionaire businessman, Tunde Ayeni is still in detention.

The troubled former bank chairman was re-arrested on Wednesday, February 6, 2019, by anti-corruption agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as part of ongoing prosecution for mega corruption.

Ayeni, the chairman of defunct Skye bank is undergoing prosecution for an eight count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N8billion.

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

The duo was arraigned at a Federal High Court in Abuja on December 17, 2018 – and secured bail –after an initial arrest by the EFCC.

Societynow.ng learned Ayeni remains in detention after he was rearrested by the EFCC on Wednesday, February 6, 2019.

Insiders claim there are plans to keep him in detention till after the general election – except something changes in the status quo.

The troubled businessman alleged to have gotten unsecured – and unrepaid – loans, while acting as a bank chairman, to facilitate personal businesses is backing Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the main opposition political party to become the next President of Nigeria.

Ayeni’s arrest and prosecution started when he went public with his support for Atiku his friends claim.

And the plan is now to keep him out of circulation as one of the financial backer of the opposition party the troubled business man’s friends now chorus about town.

Ayeni’s sympathizers say he is being ‘’political persecuted’’.

But others who claim to be conversant with what transpired at the defunct Skye bank under Ayeni’s watch as chairman insist the billionaire deserved to be prosecuted irrespective of his political affiliation.

‘’They did great harm to the bank and I tell you the N8billion corruption charges the EFCC has brought against Ayeni and accomplices is just scratching the surface. They did worse’’ a source asserted.

Though who claim to be in the know opined that his re-arrest is part of an investigation into other financial allegations against the troubled businessman that investigators are yet to file charges on.

‘’What they did at Skye bank was mind blowing and am sure the details will surface now that investigators have sunk their claws into him’’ a source asserted insisting the gravity of allegations against Ayeni and accomplices should not be sugar-coated with talks of political persecution.