N23bn Fraud: CBN Officials Storm Fidelity Bank Headquarters

Officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Compliance Unit stormed the headquarters of Fidelity Bank Plc in Lagos on Tuesday in connection with the ongoing investigations into the $115m (N23bn) scam involving the bank's Managing Director, Nnamdi Okonkwo, and Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke.

A top executive of the bank confided revealed that the CBN officials visited the bank’s headquarters as part of investigations into the messy deal.

It was learnt that a committee from Fidelity Bank had already made a comprehensive presentation to the CBN on its involvement in the deal.

This, according to the source, will further help both the apex bank and the EFCC in their investigations.

It was gathered that the visit by the compliance unit of the apex bank to Fidelity Bank was to compare some of the transaction documents with the presentation made by the committee.

These would be compared with the statement made to the EFCC by the embattled managing director.

Recalled that during the build-up to the 2015 elections, Alison-Madueke allegedly invited Okonkwo to help her handle some cash, which would be disbursed to electoral officials and groups (as bribe).