{"id":137489,"date":"2024-01-10T08:18:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T08:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/10\/efcc-grills-zenith-providus-jaiz-banks-ceos\/"},"modified":"2024-01-10T08:18:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T08:18:29","slug":"efcc-grills-zenith-providus-jaiz-banks-ceos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/10\/efcc-grills-zenith-providus-jaiz-banks-ceos\/","title":{"rendered":"EFCC Grills Zenith, Providus, Jaiz Banks CEOs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Tuesday, interrogated the Chief Executive Officers and Managing Directors of Zenith Bank, Providus Bank, and Jaiz Bank in connection with the over N44 billion fraud allegedly uncovered in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu, is currently being held and is undergoing interrogation by the EFCC over \u20a6585million scandal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0N585m Diversion: Tinubu\u2019s Wise Decision To Suspend Edu Can\u2019t Be Questioned \u2013 Uzodinma<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, a source close to the investigation, told the PUNCH that:\u00a0\u201cThe CEOs and MDs of Zenith Bank, Providus Bank, and Jaiz Bank are currently being grilled by our interrogators here at the headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were invited and are being probed in connection with the uncovered \u20a644bn fraud and the \u20a6585million involving Halima Shehu and Betta Edu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspended minister and the coordinator have both made new revelations during their interrogations, and the investigation is still ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-783644611\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Tuesday, interrogated the Chief Executive Officers and Managing Directors of Zenith Bank, Providus Bank, and Jaiz Bank in connection with the over N44 billion fraud allegedly uncovered in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. 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