CISLAC, Transparency International raise concerns over Tinubu’s intervention in EFCC Osun account freeze

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, and Transparency International Nigeria have expressed concern over the implications of President Bola Tinubu’s direct intervention in the freezing of the accounts of the Osun State government by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, Executive Director, CISLAC, and Head of Transparency International Nigeria, in a statement on Friday, said the President’s direct instruction to the EFCC to seek the lifting of a court order raises serious questions about the operational independence of Nigeria’s foremost anti-corruption agencies and judiciary in Nigeria.
The CSOs insisted that EFCC acted within its...