Tinubu to EFCC: Go to court, get order to de-freeze Osun account

“Whether, having regard to the combined express provisions of Section 7(6) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022, and Section 34 of the EFCC Establishment Act, 2004, the 1st and 2nd defendants possess the lawful authority to freeze, restrict, block, place a ‘post no debit’ order on, or otherwise interfere with the Osun State Government Federal Statutory Allocation Account, Number 2017170947, maintained with the 3rd defendant, without first obtaining and serving a valid, subsisting, and specific order of a court of competent jurisdiction?

Specifically, the plaintiffs posed several legal questions for the court to determine, among which are: “Whether, having regard to the express provisions of Sections 1, 6, 36, 44 and 162 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), and Section 34 of the EFCC Establishment Act, 2004, the 1st and 2nd defendants possess the lawful authority to freeze, restrict, block, place a ‘post no debit’ order on, or otherwise interfere with the Osun State Statutory Account maintained with the 3rd defendant, without regard to due process of law?

EFCC can freeze accounts for 72 hrs without court order – Spokesman Speaking on Arise Television, yesterday, EFCC spokesperson and Director of Public Affairs, Wilson Uwujaren, said: “As we indicated in the statement released by the Commission, we took that step to preserve the account of the Osun State Government.