The Ogun State Government on Tuesday said it is not part of the sixteen state that dragged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to court.
The plaintiffs are challenging the constitutionality of the law that established the EFCCC at the Supreme Court with the hearing of the suit fixed for October 22.
In the suit marked SC/CV/178/2023, Ogun was listed alongside Ondo, Edo, Oyo, Nassarawa, Kebbi, Katsina, Sokoto, Jigawa, Enugu, Benue, Anambra, Plateau, Cross-River and Niger, as co-plaintiffs.
However, Ogun government distanced the state from the suit against the EFCC.
This is contained in a statement the Special Adviser to Governor Dapo Abiodun on Information and Strategy, Kayode Akinmade released.
In it, the state said it is contending in court the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU’s Financial Guidelines, which it said unfairly “limits the operations of states and local governments in the country.”
The provisions of the framework also prohibit cash withdrawals from public accounts and banned the payment of estacodes and overseas allowances to civil and public servants in cash.
Akinmade said Ogun State is challenging the NFIU’s decision in a case marked SC/CV/912/2024.
