The banks whose staff have been picked up
are Fidelity Bank Plc, First City Monument
Bank Plc (FCMB), Wema Bank Plc, Access
Bank Plc, Skye Bank Plc, First Bank Nigeria
Limited (FBN), Sterling Bank Plc, Diamond
Bank Plc, Zenith Bank Plc, Unity Bank Plc,
Ecobank Plc, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc
(GTBank) and Citibank. The SSS, which has
been on the trail of Aminu Lamido, we
learnt, had sought an ex parte motion from the Federal High Court, Abuja, to freeze the
accounts, in 13 banks, of Adold Engineering
Company Limited, believed to be owned by the governor’s son.

In the case of one of the affected banks, we
were made to understand that their Chief Compliance Officer, GM Northern Operations, Kano and Jigawa Branch Managers, Chief Inspector, Head of Treasury and Head of IT have been the guests of the SSS for two weeks.

A source revealed that in one instance, the
SSS operatives went to the homes of one bank official wielding menacing Uzi machineguns and ransacked the home, slit mattresses and children’s clothes during their search for documents.

What is most worrisome for the banks is that
none of the affected staff have been given
access to their families and lawyers during the entire period of their detention.

A Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) official who is aware of the clampdown on banks by the SSS said: "The situation is most worrisome
because these personnel have been in
detention for more than ten days.

Another source in the banking industry alleged that the clampdown on banks goes beyond the allegations of terrorist financing and money laundering against Aminu Lamido, as the dragnet is being expanded to include Kano State and other states governed by the G7 governors.

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