PDP National Chairman Uche Secondus (photo credit: Premium Times)
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged acting President Yemi Osinbajo to order the unfreezing of the accounts of the governments of Benue and Akwa Ibom states blocked by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The two state governments had said on Wednesday that the anti-graft body blocked their accounts, an action which has been described as unconstitutional by Abdul’aziz Yari, the chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum.
Spokesman for the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, described the freezing of the accounts as a direct attack on innocent Nigerians in the two states, which are controlled by the PDP.
“Nigerians are all aware that no section of our constitution or any law in Nigeria for that matter confers any agency of the Federal Government with powers to interfere or put any restrictions on funds belonging or accruable to states as federating units of our nation,” he said in statement.
“Apart from its State Assembly, no other government body or institution has the powers of appropriation or restrictions on any funds belonging to the state.”