The Accord Party has asked Ola Olukoyede, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to resign over the agency’s freezing of the Osun state government’s bank account.
BACKGROUND
On Wednesday, the EFCC said it froze the state government’s bank accounts over alleged fraudulent handling of funds.
The anti-graft agency said it had been investigating the government since March, adding that some officials, including the accountant-general, had been interviewed by its investigators.
The commission said it observed huge transfers from the accounts into different corporate entities since August 2 amid the probe.
But in a statement on Thursday, Kolapo Alimi, commissioner for information and public enlightenment, faulted the EFCC’s account, describing it as an attempt to cover up an illegal action through unfounded allegations.
On Thursday, President Bola Tinubu directed the EFCC to immediately vacate the freeze order on Osun bank accounts.
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