EFCC Tells Banks To Investigate Their Customers Source Of Income

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked banks to investigate the source of income of their customers. The chairman of the commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, said this on Tuesday, 24th August 2021, when members of the Association of Chief Audit Executives of Banks in Nigeria (ACAEBIN) paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja.

Bawa said some customers will receive a huge sum of money within two months of opening an account. “I will like to urge you to know your customers, know the kind of businesses they do before opening an account for them because some customers will open an account within a space of two months a huge sum of money is found in the account, so there is need for you to try and query these information including their linked accounts”.

The EFCC boss further said the anti-graft agency will start holding banks liable for fraud in financial deposits, where there are established cases of complicity in the sector from September 1. Uduak Udoh, the vice-chairman of the association, said some customers are conniving with bank staff to loot funds while seeking support from the commission.

He said “Some customers are conniving with bank staff to loot funds. We want you to look into that area, not only the banks as we are ready to give you all the cooperation you need; we want you to trust bank auditors with information sharing because we cannot support fraudulent staff as they are a threat to the organization”.

Recall they in March, the anti-corruption agency asked bank employees to declare their assets — as a part of efforts to check the role of bankers in keeping funds acquired illegitimately.