Osun governor asks Federal High Court to declare the freezing of the state’s statutory allocation account unlawful.
Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has filed a ₦2 billion lawsuit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over what he described as the unlawful freezing of the Osun State Government’s Federal Statutory Allocation Account.
Also listed as plaintiffs in the suit are the Attorney General of Osun State and the Accountant General of the state.
The suit, filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja by a legal team led by Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), M. T. Adekilekun, names the EFCC, its Chairman, and First Bank Nigeria Limited as the first, second and third defendants, respectively.
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