Osun account freeze: No court order was served, says state counsel

File photo: Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke

Counsel to the Osun State Government, Prof. Mubarak Adekilekun (SAN), has said no court order was served on the state government or First Bank alongside the directive restricting access to the state’s statutory allocation account.

Adekilekun stated this on Friday while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, amid the controversy over the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s restriction of the account.

He said the law required a court order to be issued and served, particularly on the bank, before the restriction could be imposed.

He said the EFCC’s letter to the bank was subsequently transmitted to the Osun State Government, but the bank confirmed that no court order was attached.