In a reaction to what it described as commando style and Kangaroo action of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) in painting some of its offices
and companies as under investigation, the state government said it was meant to intimidate and distract it.
Through a press statement signed by the special adviser to the governor on media and publicity, Mukhtar Mohammed Gidado, the government described the action of the federal agency as illegal, stressing that there was no basis whatsoever in law and fact that would warrant painting of its property by the EFCC.
He said the state government had sought for the intervention of the court of law which granted an injunction restraining EFCC from tempering with its property or doing anything capable of disrupting the smooth running of the affected government offices and companies pending the hearing and determination of motion on notice.
According to Gidado, the court has directed the EFCC to remove the defacement it painted in the government’s offices and companies, saying “The court had agreed that the actions of the EFCC are prima facie illegal and they are to appear before the court on the 9th November, 2022”.