Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has filed a N2 billion lawsuit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the freezing of the state’s Federal Statutory Allocation Account.
The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1762/2026, was filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Also listed as plaintiffs in the case are the Attorney General of Osun State and the state’s Accountant General, while the EFCC, its Chairman and First Bank of Nigeria Limited are named as defendants.
In the suit, Adeleke asked the court to determine whether the EFCC had the legal authority to freeze the state’s allocation account without first obtaining an order from a court.
The governor argued that the commission’s action violated the Constitution, the EFCC Establishment Act and the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, insisting that due process was not followed before the account was frozen.
According to the court documents, the plaintiffs questioned whether
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