A senior lawyer, Femi Falana, has said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, acted within the law by freezing the Osun State Government’s account, provided it obtained the required court order. “Under the law, the EFCC has the power to freeze the account of the federal government or of any state or local government in Nigeria. “In 2019, the Federal High Court in that state, in Benue State, had ruled that the EFCC lacked the power to freeze the account of the state and awarded N50 million damages against the EFCC. “In 2024, the Kogi State Government, joined by many state governments, challenged the investigation, probing of state accounts by the EFCC, or NFIU. “In this instance, the EFCC went to court, and the Federal High Court intervened based on information provided by the EFCC.