CISLAC, Transparency International raise concerns over Tinubu’s intervention in EFCC Osun account freeze

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, and Transparency International Nigeria person expressed interest implicit the implications of President Bola Tinubu’s nonstop involution successful the freezing of the accounts of the Osun State authorities by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, Executive Director, CISLAC, and Head of Transparency International Nigeria, successful a connection connected Friday, said the President’s nonstop acquisition to the EFCC to question the lifting of a tribunal bid raises superior questions astir the operational independency of Nigeria’s foremost anti-corruption agencies and judiciary successful Nigeria.

The CSOs insisted that EFCC acted wrong its mandate successful freezing the state’s accounts.

Noting that the EFCC was established by instrumentality to investigate, forestall and prosecute economical and fiscal crimes, Rafsanjani stressed that its effectiveness depends considerably connected its quality to discharge these responsibilities professionally, impartially and without governmental interference.

“If the freezing of the Osun State Government relationship was based connected credible grounds that nationalist funds were astatine hazard of diversion, misappropriation oregon misuse, the due effect should person been to let the law...