Tinubu overrules EFCC on Osun

• Says action sends wrong signal
• President’s order has exposed myth of anti-graft agency’s independence -Atiku, ADC
 
From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye and Ndubuisi orji, Abuja
P resident Bola Tinubu’s directive to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to withdraw its court-backed order freezing the accounts of the Osun State Government has triggered a wider debate over the balance between anti-corruption enforcement, electoral neutrality, and the independence of Nigeria’s law enforcement institutions.
The President, in a statement personally signed yesterday, said he was not questioning the authority of the EFCC to investigate alleged financial misconduct or seek ...