BREAKING: Osun Govt heads to court to challenge EFCC account freeze

The Osun State Government has commenced ineligible enactment against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, pursuing the freezing of its slope accounts.

The Osun State Government besides described the EFCC determination arsenic unlawful and susceptible of disrupting authorities operations.

The state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Oluwole Jimi-Bada, announced on Wednesday that Governor Ademola Adeleke had directed him to institute proceedings earlier the Federal High Court to situation the anti-graft agency’s action.

Jimi-Bada disclosed that “the authorities authorities received accusation that the EFCC had issued a “Post No Debit” directive to First Bank, wherever respective authorities accounts are maintained, efficaciously restricting transactions connected the accounts”.

He maintained that “although the EFCC possesses the authorization to analyse fiscal transactions, it does not person the powerfulness to frost a authorities government’s accounts without archetypal obtaining a tribunal order”.

“I person the mandate of the politician to proceed to the Federal High Court to situation this move. EFCC tin analyse the accounts but it can’t frost the accounts without bid of court,” helium stressed.

According to the Attorney General, the regularisation connected the accounts could importantly impact the day-to-day medication of authorities and the del...