A Doctored Video, Still Pictures On Social Media, Depicting Zenith Bank Group Chairman, Jim Ovia, Endorsing Investment Scheme “Wealth Bridge” On The “Greece Island” Facebook Handle Is Entirely False—Zenith Bank Management

<p>A Doctored Video<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>reports that the management of Zenith Bank Group is alerting all its customers and general public to disregard a current video on social media indicating that the Chairman of Zenith Bank Group&comma; Dr&period; Jim Ovia has endorsed an investment scheme called &&num;8220&semi;Wealth Bridge&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The bank says that the video&comma; on a  &&num;8220&semi;Greece Island&&num;8221&semi; Facebook handle&comma; is not true&comma; adding that it is a trick to defraud unsuspecting individuals by swindlers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;24862" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-24862" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-24862" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;05&sol;Zenith-Bank-300x173&period;webp" alt&equals;"A Doctored Video&comma; Still Pictures On Social Media&comma; Depicting Zenith Bank Group Chairman&comma; Jim Ovia&comma; Endorsing Investment Scheme &quot&semi;Wealth Bridge&quot&semi; On The &quot&semi;Greece Island&quot&semi; Facebook Handle Is Entirely False---Zenith Bank Management" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"173" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-24862" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Zenith Bank Plc<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>In an official statement made available to OpenLife&comma; the Bank stated that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em><strong>All the videos and promotional materials referenced are FAKE and have nothing to do with Zenith Bank Plc or Dr&period; Jim Ovia&comma; CFR&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the statement&comma; the Bank therefore advised all its customers and general public &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em><strong>To disregard these fraudulent communications&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Below is the full statement titled &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thisdaylive&period;com&sol;">Fake News<&sol;a>”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Our attention has been drawn to a doctored video and still pictures currently circulating on social media&comma; purporting to depict the Group Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc &lpar;&&num;8220&semi;the Bank&&num;8221&semi;&rpar; as endorsing an investment scheme called &&num;8220&semi;Wealth Bridge&&num;8221&semi; on the &&num;8220&semi;Greece Island&&num;8221&semi; Facebook handle and soliciting members of the public to engage in a business relationship with the so-called entity&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>This claim is entirely false and has no connection whatsoever to the Group Chairman&comma; the Bank or any of its affiliate companies&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>This video makes a fake promise of up to N2 million in weekly returns on a contribution of N380&comma;000 investment in the aforementioned project via a Facebook group&period; The video goes on to allege that the Central Bank of Nigeria &lpar;CBN&rpar; approves&sol;endorses this said project&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>The video redirects unsuspecting members of the public to an alleged &&num;8220&semi;Arise News&&num;8221&semi; webpage with details of this &&num;8220&semi;scheme&&num;8221&semi; and an embedded registration portal for signups&period; This claim also is entirely false and has no connection whatsoever to the Bank or its Group Chairman&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>For the avoidance of doubt&comma; all the videos and promotional materials referenced above are FAKE and have nothing to do with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Zenith Bank Group Plc<&sol;a> or Dr&period; Jim Ovia&comma; CFR&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>The Group Chairman of Zenith Bank and the Bank have no knowledge of the said investment scheme and have not entered into any partnership with the companies&comma; individuals&comma; or platforms behind these schemes&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>The general public is hereby advised to disregard these fraudulent communications&period; Anyone who engages with the &&num;8220&semi;Greece Island&&num;8221&semi; handle&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Wealth Bridge&&num;8221&semi;&comma; &&num;8220&semi;delicious sitee&&num;8221&semi;&comma; &&num;8220&semi;AfriQuantumX&&num;8221&semi;&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Stock market analyst 1&&num;8221&semi; or any other entity on the basis of these fake videos and images published by impostors does so strictly at his or her own risk&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;33673" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-33673" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-33673" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;02&sol;WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-18-at-01&period;10&period;36-e1771405972894-300x225&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"A Doctored Video&comma; Still Pictures On Social Media&comma; Depicting Zenith Bank Group Chairman&comma; Jim Ovia&comma; Endorsing Investment Scheme &quot&semi;Wealth Bridge&quot&semi; On The &quot&semi;Greece Island&quot&semi; Facebook Handle Is Entirely False---Zenith Bank Management" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"225" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-33673" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Zenith Bank Plc statement advising the public to disregard the fake news<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;