EFCC can investigate the accounts, but it can’t freeze the accounts without an order of court. AdvertisementThe development followed a directive by the EFCC to First Bank to place a Post-No-Debit restriction on the Osun State Government Statutory Allocation Account. An EFCC letter dated August 5, 2026, and addressed to the Managing Director of First Bank in Abuja, directed the bank to restrict the account as part of an ongoing investigation. The account was identified in the letter as the “Osun State Government Statutory Allocation Acct.” Adeleke also questioned the legal authority of the EFCC to freeze the accounts of a state government without a court order.