*Says “Most Of These Things, The President Doesn’t Know”
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Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has directed the state’s Attorney-General to withdraw the suit filed against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over the freezing of the state government’s bank account.
Adeleke disclosed this in an interview with Channels Television, hours after he was declared winner of the August 15 governorship election.
The governor said he decided to discontinue the legal action following the intervention of President Bola Tinubu.
“I’m putting them behind. What else do I want? I have instructed my attorney general to drop it. Mr President has done well. He called me. What more do I want?” Adeleke said.
On reports that some of his aides and officials had been invited by the EFCC for questioning, Adeleke said he had directed his lawyers to assist them.
“Well, we have been talking. I have been calling all my lawyers to go there,” he said.
The governor alleged that the invitations were politically motivated, although he acknowledged that some officials who honoured them were released after questioning.
Adeleke also said he did not believe President Tinubu was aware of some of the actions attributed to federal agencies.
“Most of these things, the president doesn’t know. The president has a lot of foreign work and jobs to do,” he said.
He further alleged that former Osun State Governor and current Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, was behind the EFCC action because of his relationship with the President.
“All these things is Oyetola because he is the cousin to the president. He is dropping the president’s name,” Adeleke alleged.
“I know that the president didn’t know about the EFCC one. That is why he had to call me and stop it.”
The Osun State Government had earlier filed a suit against the EFCC over the freezing of its statutory allocation account.
The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1762/2026 and filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja on August 5, sought an order nullifying the anti-graft agency’s directive and ₦2 billion in exemplary damages against the commission.
The EFCC had said the account was frozen as part of an investigation into the alleged fraudulent handling of funds by the Osun State Government.
President Tinubu subsequently directed the commission to immediately vacate the freeze order.
The President was said to have expressed embarrassment over the development, noting that actions taken by federal institutions were often attributed to the presidency even where he had no prior knowledge of them.
Adeleke’s latest directive means the state government is now moving to discontinue the pending court action following Tinubu’s intervention, even as the governor continues to allege that some of the EFCC’s actions against his administration were politically motivated.
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