Osun: EFCC legally empowered to freeze FG, state govt accounts – Falana

A elder lawyer, Femi Falana, has said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, acted wrong the instrumentality by freezing the Osun State Government’s account, provided it obtained the required tribunal order.

Speaking connected the contention surrounding the EFCC’s action, the lawyer said the committee has the ineligible authorization to spot a Post-No-Debit (PND) regularisation connected the relationship of a authorities authorities for a constricted play earlier obtaining a tribunal order.

“As acold arsenic the instrumentality is concerned, the EFCC has not acted illegally,” helium said.

He cited the 2022 Court of Appeal judgement successful the lawsuit involving the Attorney-General of Benue State and the EFCC, saying the tribunal affirmed the commission’s powerfulness to frost a authorities government’s account, taxable to the request that it get a tribunal bid wrong 72 hours.

He explained that the Federal High Court successful Benue State had ruled successful 2019 that the EFCC lacked the powerfulness to frost the authorities government’s relationship and awarded N50 cardinal successful damages against the commission.

According to him, the EFCC appealed the decision, and the Court of Appeal subsequently held successful 2022 that the committee had the powerfulness to frost the account, provided it secured a tribunal bid wrong the stipulated period.

He besides referred to a 2024 Supreme Court judgement involving the Kogi State Government and different states, saying the apex tribunal affirmed...