Events in Osun State ahead of tomorrow’s election have put critical state institutions in a tough spot; getting out of it demands that they deliver on the promises of democracy. Vincent Obia writes
Since August 5, when Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) announced the freezing of Osun State’s federal statutory allocation account, there has been a chorus of reaction, some condemning and others commending the action.
But the bottom-line appears to be that the adventure does not serve the political interests of President Bola Tinubu’s All Progressives Congress (APC), both in the state, where it is in the opposition, and at the federal level, where it is the governing party.
Tinubu had quickly realised the self-sabotage and put an end to the anti-graft agency’s misadventure.
The president said he felt “deeply embarrassed” by EFCC’s court order mandating the freezing of Osun State Government’s accounts. He, then, directed the agency, in a release on August 6, “to immediately proceed to the court to vacate the order and discontinue whatever action it has instituted against the Osun State government in this regard.”
