Calls for the removal of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, intensified on Friday as opposition parties and some Nigerians responded to the freezing of the Osun State Government’s account.
They described the action of the anti-graft agency as politically motivated, alleging that the commission had demonstrated partisanship ahead of the August 15 governorship election.
The Accord Party, New Nigeria People’s Patry and many netizens asked President Bola Tinubu to sack Olukoyede if he did not resign.
Some groups, however, asked the EFCC boss to leave honourably after the President disowned his action.
The EFCC had on Wednesday ordered a Post No Bill on the Osun State Government account domiciled with First Bank on the grounds of suspicious transactions.
The commission claimed that it had been investigating the account since March 2026 and that it had the power to freeze an account for 72 hours based on reasonable suspicion.
But the President, on Thursday, directed the EFCC to unfreeze the account, describing the commission’s action as embarrassing.
