EFCC Arrests Operations Manager of a Commercial Bank for Hoarding New Naira Notes in Abuja

An Operations Manager of a leading Commercial bank in Abuja Central Area was on Monday, February 6, 2023, arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Commission, EFCC,Before he was whisked away for further questioning, the operatives ordered the loading of all the ATMs and the payment of the stipulated amount across the counter to the delight of the distraught customers who had spent hours in queues without getting the new notes.

for refusing to load the Automated Teller Machines, ATMs, of the bank despite having N29million of the redesigned Naira notes in the branch’s vaults.

Before he was whisked away for further questioning, the operatives ordered the loading of all the ATMs and the payment of the stipulated amount across the counter to the delight of the distraught customers who had spent hours in queues without getting the new notes.

This discovery, which indicates a sabotage of the government’s monetary policy by some banks, was made by the EFCC in continuation of the ongoing surveillance and visit to banks across the country to access their vaults

and verify whether they were deliberately refusing to dispense the redesigned Naira notes. More than five bank branches were covered today by the operatives in Abuja. Similar exercises are ongoing in Zonal Commands across the country.

The operation will continue until normalcy is restored to the banking system.

Nigerians finding it difficult to access their funds at any bank and suspects foul play should contact the commission, for immediate intervention.

FarahAideed:
Buhari is villainizing banks in an attempt to finally destroy the economy and some idiots are cheering him on ...

FarahAideed:
Buhari is villainizing banks in an attempt to finally destroy the economy and some idiots are cheering him on ...

Onyiridike:

You Yoruba Muslims cannot see beyond tribe.
Is Buhari the operation manager?
Tinubu will not win. Start getting used to that.

FarahAideed:


You are just suffering from low IQ so you can't see what I am saying..keep supporting nonsense because you think it hurts Tinubu

CalabarPikin:
They should just submit the man to the long queue at the ATM and announce his crime.

FarahAideed:
Buhari is villainizing banks in an attempt to finally destroy the economy and some idiots are cheering him on ...

FarahAideed:


You are just suffering from low IQ so you can't see what I am saying..keep supporting nonsense because you think it hurts Tinubu