Adeleke sues EFCC for N2bn over freezing of Osun allocation account

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has filed a N2 cardinal suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) implicit the freezing of the state’s Federal Statutory Allocation Account.

The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1762/2026, was filed astatine the Federal High Court successful Abuja.

Also listed arsenic plaintiffs successful the lawsuit are the Attorney General of Osun State and the state’s Accountant General, portion the EFCC, its Chairman and First Bank of Nigeria Limited are named arsenic defendants.

In the suit, Adeleke asked the tribunal to find whether the EFCC had the ineligible authorization to frost the state’s allocation relationship without archetypal obtaining an bid from a court.

The politician argued that the commission’s enactment violated the Constitution, the EFCC Establishment Act and the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, insisting that owed process was not followed earlier the relationship was frozen.

According to the tribunal documents, the plaintiffs questioned whether the EFCC has the lawful authorization to freeze, restrict oregon spot a post-no-debit bid connected the Osun State Statutory Allocation Account without fi...