The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released Tunde Ayeni, former chairman of Skye Bank Plc, after questioning him over 2015 election funds.
A source at the agency had told TheCable that the businessman would be charged before a federal high court in Abuja on Monday.
The source said he was invited over abuse of office and illegally injecting funds into the re-election campaign of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Ayeni was the chairman of the bank from 2010 to 2016 when he was removed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
He has denied the allegations levelled against him.
The CBN had taken over the bank on July 4, 2016, and appointed a new management.
Following an audit, the management had written a petition to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo in 2017. Ayeni was accused of wrecking the bank.
He was said to have used his position to obtain the loans to purchase Ntel, take up power distribution with the establishment of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company and Yola Electricity Distribution Company, which was put at N70 billion.
TheCable understands that the former bank chairman paid back N1 billion out of the debt, last week.
One year after, the CBN revoked the operating licence of the bank, saying it could no longer survive on its indefinite interventions, while a bridge bank, Polaris Bank, was created to take over the assets and liabilities of the bank. (The Cable)
