The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s intervention in the controversy surrounding the freezing of Osun State Government accounts.
The lawmakers described the directive to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as belated and argued that it came only after widespread public criticism.
In a joint statement, Minority Leader Fredrick Agbedi and caucus spokesman Afam Victor Ogene alleged that the original action against the Osun accounts was politically motivated.
They said the timing, shortly before the governorship election, raised concerns about intimidation of the state government.
The caucus also pointed to what it described as conflicting explanations from the Presidency and the EFCC.
It referred to a statement attributed to an EFCC spokesman indicating that the accounts had been frozen without a valid court order.
The lawmakers contrasted that with a later presidential directive asking the commission to approach a court to vacate an order.
They said the apparent contradiction required clarification.
The caucus accused the Federal Government of failing to maintain a consistent position and questioned whether the President had full control over officials acting on behalf of his administration.
The claims remain political allegations by opposition lawmakers and were not accompanied in the source material by a detailed federal response to each point raised.
