Governor of Osun state, Ademola Adeleke, has directed the state’s attorney-general to withdraw the suit filed against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the freezing of the state government’s bank account.
Adeleke relayed 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 withdraw the case 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 asked.
On allegations that some of his aides and officials were invited for questioning by the EFCC, Adeleke said he had instructed his lawyers to assist them.
All these things is Oyetola because he is the cousin to the president. He is dropping the president’s name,” Adeleke said.
“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 government had sued the EFCC over the freezing of its statutory allocation account.
The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1762/2026 and filed at the federal high court in Abuja on August 5, sought to nullify the anti-graft agency’s directive and award N2 billion in exemplary damages against the commission.
The EFCC had said it froze the account as part of an investigation into the alleged fraudulent handling of funds by the state government.
Tinubu subsequently directed the EFCC to immediately vacate the freeze order.
