BREAKING: Tinubu Orders EFCC To Unfreeze Osun Govt Account, Says Timing Before Governorship Election Is ‘Embarrassing’

The President also instructed the anti-graft agency to discontinue all related actions connected to the freezing of the state’s accounts.

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately approach the court to vacate the order freezing the bank accounts of the Osun State Government, saying the timing of the action, coming just days before the state’s governorship election, could create the impression of federal interference in the poll.

The President also instructed the anti-graft agency to discontinue all related actions connected to the freezing of the state’s accounts.

In a statement on Thursday, Tinubu said he was “deeply embarrassed” by the timing of the EFCC’s action, stressing that although the commission acted pursuant to a court order and within its statutory mandate, the public would inevitably attribute the development to his administration.

“I feel deeply embarrassed not by the EFCC’s exercise of its mandate under a court order, but by the timing of the action,” the President said.