Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has said he has directed the state Attorney-General to withdraw the suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over the freezing of the state government’s account, following President Bola Tinubu’s intervention.
Adeleke stated this in an interview with Channels Television on Sunday, after he was declared winner of the Osun State governorship election, adding that he was no longer interested in pursuing the matter against the anti-graft agency.
The governor said Tinubu had personally intervened in the matter and that he saw no reason to continue with the legal action.
“What else do I want? I’ve instructed my Attorney General to drop it. Mr President has done well; he called me. What more do I want?” Adeleke said.
The EFCC had placed a Post No Debit restriction on a state government account amid an investigation into the alleged mismanagement of about N11bn in Ecology Funds, Intervention Funds and Federation Account Allocation Committee allocations.
The commission said the restriction followed what it described as “precipitate and unwarranted movement of funds” from the account into various corporate entities.
Adeleke had rejected the action and directed the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice to challenge the restriction in court, describing it as illegal and politically motivated.
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