{"id":96640,"date":"2026-04-24T18:19:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/?p=96640"},"modified":"2026-04-24T18:19:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:19:23","slug":"breaking-efcc-arrests-ex-skye-bank-chairman-ayeni-over-alleged-%e2%82%a636-5bn-30m-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/?p=96640","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: EFCC Arrests Ex-Skye Bank Chairman Ayeni Over Alleged \u20a636.5bn, $30m Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Tunde Ayeni, a businessman and former chairman of the defunct Skye Bank Plc, over alleged financial misconduct involving \u20a636.5 billion and $30 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a report by newsmen, Ayeni was arrested in Abuja on Thursday and is currently in EFCC custody as investigations continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources familiar with the matter disclosed that the anti-graft agency is probing the alleged diversion and misappropriation of funds reportedly obtained from Polaris Bank Plc through companies linked to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The funds are suspected to have been siphoned through a network of corporate entities allegedly connected to the former bank chairman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Tunde Ayeni, a businessman and former chairman of the defunct Skye Bank Plc, over alleged financial misconduct involving \u20a636.5 billion and $30 million. According to a report by newsmen, Ayeni was arrested in Abuja on Thursday and is currently in EFCC custody as investigations continue. Sources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":96641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-96640","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-efcc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96640"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96642,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96640\/revisions\/96642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/96641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}