Court stops EFCC from investigating Oyo finances

A Federal High Court sitting successful Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from investigating the finances of the Oyo State Government.

The tribunal stopped the planned probe connected Wednesday.

The court, portion halting the process, described the workout arsenic speculative.

Justice Nkeonye Maha, portion delivering judgement successful Suit No. FHC/IB/CS/61/2025 filed by the Oyo State Government nether the enactment of Governor Seyi Makinde, acknowledged the EFCC’s statutory powers to analyse fiscal infractions and crimes.

The court, however, emphasised that specified powers indispensable beryllium exercised strictly successful enactment with the Constitution.

DAILY POST gathered that the EFCC had written a missive to the Accountant General of the authorities regarding the finances of the existent administration.

The authorities government, done its counsel, who besides doubles arsenic the Attorney General of the state, Abiodun Aikomo, argued that the EFCC’s probe indispensable beryllium evidence-based and not specified speculation.

Aikomo maintained that the bureau lacks the powerfulness to analyse the finances of the medication astatine this worldly time.

The judge, portion delivering the judgement, held that the EFCC’s projected probe into Oyo State’s finances was speculative.

The justice past ruled successful favour of the authorities authorities and stopped ...