Revealed! The Leaked Video That Provided Political Will To Prosecute Billionaire Tunde Ayeni

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Despite the huge financial infraction hanging on his neck, the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari walked on eggshell around prosecuting billionaire businessman, Tunde Ayeni.

Ayeni stands accused of becoming one of the wealthiest Nigerians around through a process that resulted in the death of financial institution Skye Bank.

The billionaire fingered as one of the key allies of former president Goodluck Jonathan was the Chairman of Skye Bank before he was ousted as a result of involvement in huge debts that crippled the operations of the bank.

Ayeni maintains his innocence even as Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arrested, grilled him for hours and prepare to begin his prosecution in the court of law.

Checks by societynow.ng revealed that though Ayeni has been on the radar of government investigators for a while, economic interests delayed his arrested and prosecution.

“The government was mulling about how to go about his case in a manner that retains investors confidence in the nation’s economy” societynow.ng learned.

The Buhari administration has been accused- multiple times -of going after big-time businessmen for political gains in its corruption fight.

A development that scares both foreign and local investors from putting money in an economy that requires all the funds it can muster.

Societynow.ng gathered how to handle Ayeni’s case was been deliberated on against this background until the billionaire provided the way out.

Societynow.ng gathered a leaked video confirmed raging underground talks that Ayeni is backing Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of rival People’s Democratic Party to take over the presidency from President Buhari and the All Progressives Congress.

“This development provided the government with the political will to finally go after Ayeni” societynow.ng learned.

Insiders disclosed Ayeni’s arrest and impending prosecution naturally put others emboldened by his open support for Atiku against Buhari on a “cautious mode”.