The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it had no reason to freeze Ekiti state government’s account during its governorship election because it does not have any incriminating information against the state.

The Director of Public Affairs for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, made this known on Thursday while responding to questions in an interview on Arise Television’s Morning Show.

Recall that the EFCC on Wednesday froze the Osun State government account a few days to the governorship election.

According to Uwajaren, Osun is not the first state to face EFCC’s action, recalling that they did the same to Edo State.

He added that the EFCC restricted the account of the Edo State government when funds were being moved to suspicious accounts, stating that they were able to preserve N12 billion.

“We didn’t have any reason to intervene in Ekiti the way we are intervening now in Osun. You don’t have access to information as we have.

“We are not targeting anybody but simply doing our job,” he said.
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A Chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has faulted the freezing of bank accounts of the Osun State Government by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, ahead the of the governorship election in the state.

Eze described the development as a dangerous move that is capable of undermining the nations nascent democracy.

In a statement on Thursday, the ADC chieftain said anti-corruption institutions derive their legitimacy from fairness, impartiality and fidelity to the rule of law, noting that once their actions become selective and politically convenient, public confidence is inevitably eroded.

“It is impossible to ignore the glaring double standards that have come to define the operations of the EFCC. Nigerians watched for years as allegations of reckless expenditure, questionable contract awards, and extravagant deployment of Rivers State resources under the administration of former Governor Nyesom Wike dominated public discourse.

“Billions of naira belonging to the people of Rivers State were allegedly dispensed through donations to other states, politically motivated projects, and contracts reportedly awarded at outrageously inflated costs. Yet, the EFCC neither demonstrated the same urgency nor exhibited the zeal it now deploys against perceived political opponents,” he said.

Eze maintained that if the EFCC genuinely seeks to fight corruption, no public official, regardless of political affiliation or proximity to the Federal Government, should enjoy immunity from investigation.

He stressed that selective justice is nothing but injustice disguised as law enforcement, warned that the anti-graft agency risks destroying its institutional credibility if it continues to operate on the basis of political convenience rather than evidence and due process.

He urged the EFCC to immediately reverse any action capable of crippling the legitimate activities of the Osun State Government without due judicial process and to reassure Nigerians through transparent and even-handed enforcement that it remains an independent institution rather than an extension of partisan politics.

He further called on the commission to investigate every allegation of corruption wherever it exists, including those involving politically influential individuals, instead of concentrating its attention only on states governed by perceived opponents of the ruling establishment.

Eze appealed to the people of Osun State to remain peaceful, vigilant and resolute as they prepare for the governorship election. He urged them not to be intimidated by actions that may be perceived as attempts to influence the electoral process through state institutions.

According to him, democracy flourishes only when elections are conducted on a level playing field where the will of the people, and not the machinery of political persecution, determines the outcome.
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