Court Stops EFCC From Probing Oyo Govt Finances, Calls Move 'Fishing Expedition'

A Federal High Court in Ibadan has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from proceeding with its proposed investigation into the finances of the Oyo State Government, ruling that the anti-graft agency's planned probe was speculative and amounted to a fishing expedition. Justice Nkeonye Maha, who delivered the judgment on Wednesday in suit number FHC/IB/CS/61/2025, held that although the EFCC possesses statutory powers to investigate financial crimes, such powers must be exercised within the confines of the Constitution and the rule of law.

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