EFCC And The Presidency: When Good Intentions Dent Institutional Independence, By Femi Adefemiwa

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu may have acted in good faith in directing the EFCC to approach the court to unfreeze the accounts of the Osun State Government. Indeed, many have applauded the intervention as timely and statesmanlike. A government should not be financially strangulated, with the attendant consequences for workers, pensioners and innocent citizens, particularly in the heat of political contestation. But there is a much bigger issue here which should concern every democrat. The independence of the EFCC.

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