By Suleiman Anyalewechi
The Accord Party has called on the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ola Olukayode, to resign from office. The party insists that his obviously partisan decision to freeze the accounts of the Osun state Government has greatly undermined the credibility of the anti-graft agency.
The Source reports that the EFCC had, on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, ordered First Bank to freeze the accounts of the Osun State Government , including salary account of workers citing fears over diversion of public funds, and ongoing investigation as major reasons for its action
However, following the widespread indignation and condemnations that greeted the action, President Bola Tinubu on Thursday waded in with a directive to the EFCC to immediately reverse the freezing order .
The President noted that while he is not averse to the Commission discharging its statutory responsibilities, he, however, faulted the timing which came just days before the August 15,2026 off-circle Governorship polls in Osun.
The Election is mainly a straightforward contest between the incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke who is flying the flag of the Accord Party, and the All Progressive Congress APC.
Not a few had impugned partisan motives into the EFCC’s action, insisting that the Commission may have been on a mission to aid APC victory through the frustration of Governor Adeleke’s Government.
At a media briefing on Friday in Abuja, the National Chairman of the Accord Party, Chief Maxwell Mgbudem, while commending President Tinubu for his swift intervention, however, insisted on the resignation of the EFCC Chairman.
According to him, should the Commission’s Chairman fail to honourably resign his appointment, the President should not hesitate to sack him as that will be the only way to restore public confidence and trust.
He accused the anti-graft agency and its Chairman of acting outside its constitutionally guaranteed powers when they decided to freeze the accounts of a subnational of Federation without requisite court order.
“The EFCC Chairman should toe the path of honour and tender his resignation. If he fails to resign, then president Tinubu should sack him immediately to restore the integrity of the anti-graft agency”, Mgbudem stated.
Further speaking, the Accord Party Chairman emphasized that President Tinubu’s timely intervention assisted in preventing what he said could been a serious constitutional crisis.
This is as he passionately appealed to security agencies , and other critical democratic institutions to remain neutral and professional in the discharge of their duties ahead of the Governorship polls in Osun state.
The party deplored what he it perceives as unjust and indiscriminate profiling , intimidation , harassment and arrest of its members in Osun state, with many of them detained in Abuja , Nasarawa and Osun states.
He expressed serious concern that over 60 of Accord Party chieftains , members and supporters have so far been arrested following police crack down on the party ahead of the election.
Mgbudem alleged that such unwarranted clamp down has raised serious concern about the prospect of the election being free ,fair and credible.
The party, therefore, called on President Tinubu and security agencies to intervene and ensure the release of its ,as well as ensure that institutions charged with the conduct of the election remain neutral.
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