While the EFCC’s official statement painstakingly explained why it froze the Osun State Government’s account, it made no mention whatsoever of obtaining a court order. Yet the President’s intervention is predicated entirely on the existence of such a court order, which he claims to have directed the EFCC to vacate. “If indeed there was a court order, why did the EFCC omit such a fundamental fact from its official account? Atiku said the controversy goes far beyond Osun State or the detention of El-Rufai. Nigerians deserve institutions that are genuinely independent, not institutions that are portrayed as independent until the Presidency decides otherwise.”