Osun: We can freeze accounts for 72 hours without court order — EFCC

The EFCC defends its power to freeze an Osun State Government account for 72 hours without a court order, citing suspicious activities and legal provisions

In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with the outrage that has greeted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission's freezing of a bank account operated by the Osun State Government.

EFCC says suspicious fund transfers by the state government to different accounts prompted the freezing of the account.

[Premium Times] The account restriction comes hours after Governor Ademola Adeleke alleged that the anti-graft agency planned to freeze the state's accounts ahead of the August 15 governorship election.