According to the EFCC, investigations into the finances of the Osun State Government began in March 2026, with several officials, including the state’s Accountant-General, already questioned. He acknowledged that the EFCC could obtain court orders to freeze specific accounts suspected to be linked to criminal activity but insisted that freezing a state’s accounts wholesale was unlawful. He said while the EFCC routinely imposed restrictions on individual accounts, doing so against a state government raised serious constitutional concerns. AdvertisementExecutive Director of the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, urged the Osun State Government to challenge the restriction in court if it believed the action was unlawful. It is part of the wider plot to use the police and federal agencies to capture Osun State for the opposition All Progressives Congress,” Mgbudem said.