Osun Account Freeze: EFCC, ICPC not independent under Tinubu – Kenneth Okonkwo

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Kenneth Okonkwo, has said President Bola Tinubu’s order to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to unfreeze the bank accounts of Osun State has exposed his government to the world as a serial abuser of Nigeria’s corruption and independent agencies.
Okonkwo said Tinubu’s instructions show that both EFCC and ICPC are not independent under Tinubu’s government.
Posting on X, the constitutional lawyer said the president’s order is legally untenable but morally understandable.
He wrote: “Even though the order from President Tinubu to the EFCC to unfreeze the Osun State account might seem morally reasonable, it is not lega...