Account freeze: ‘Tinubu called me’ – Gov Adeleke withdraws case against EFCC

Re-elected Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke, has announced that he has instructed the state’s Attorney General to withdraw the lawsuit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, concerning the freezing of the state government’s bank account.

Adeleke revealed this during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics shortly after he was declared winner of the August 15 governorship election.

When asked if he was prepared to move past the political disputes and the EFCC case, the governor expressed his decision to proceed forward following President Bola Tinubu’s intervention.

“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 stated.

Previously, the governor had contested the EFCC’s action, labeling it as politically motivated and detrimental to the administration’s operations.

In response to concerns regarding the timing of the account freeze, which occurred just before the Osun governorship election, President Tinubu directed the anti-graft agency to lift the restrictions and cease the associated legal proceedings.

Regarding allegations that some of his supporters and officials were being summoned and interrogated by the EFCC, Adeleke mentioned that he had instructed his legal team to offer the necessary support.

“Well, we have been talking. I have been calling all my lawyers to go there. I’m sure the APC in Osun, according to them, they are telling us they are using federal might,” he remarked.