Skye Bank Customers In Panic Withdrawal Over Jonathan’s Loss

TUNDE AYENI, CHAIRMAN, SKYE BANK PLC

Several customers of Skye Bank are in fear and have already started withdrawing their hard-earned money in care of the bank. For some others, they have begun closing their accounts with Skye Bank because of fear of the unknown.
The reason for this, as we learnt, is not far-fetched.

According to some of them who spoke with our correspondent, the public support the Chairman of Skye Bank, Tunde Ayeni, gave President Goodluck Jonathan is the main reason for their decision. They fear that since the President lost his bid to get re-elected on Saturday, March 28, 2015, the bank may be doomed.

It would be recalled that in December 2014, Ayeni publicly donated the sum of N2 billion for Jonathan at a dinner held in Abuja to raise fund for his re-election campaign.

This was kicked against by some shareholders of the financial institution, who frowned at the action of the bank’s Chairman.

When  asked some of the customers, who have started closing their accounts with the bank, the reason for their actions, they were unanimous in their responses.
Most of them feared that the incoming government may mark the bank for victimisation and before something happens to their sweat, it would be safe for them to quickly move their money to other reliable banks that will protect their money.

As at press time, no official of the bank could be reached for comment as the phone number of Head, Corporate
Communications, Skye Bank, Rasheed Bolarinwa, was not reachable.
- Aproko247

April 09, 2015