HEDA said the intervention also undermines the principle that enforcement decisions should be guided by due process and remain subject to judicial review.
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has condemned President Bola Tinubu’s intervention in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) investigation into suspected suspicious transactions involving the accounts of the Osun State Government.
In a statement signed by its Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, the anti-corruption civil society organisation said the President’s directive to the EFCC to lift the restriction on the accounts raises serious concerns about the operational independence of Nigeria’s anti-corruption institutions.
HEDA said the intervention also undermines the principle that enforcement decisions should be guided by due process and remain subject to judicial review.
The organisation noted that the EFCC has a statutory responsibility under Section 6 of the EFCC Act 2024 to prevent, investigate and prosecute economic and financial crimes.
