The Ogun State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Oluwasina Ogungbade, SAN, has decried the continued media reports suggesting that the state is challenging the legality of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at the Supreme Court.
Ogungbade, in a statement on Monday, wondered why some sections of the media continued to include the state in the list of those challenging the EFCC in court.
The Commissioner stated, “We don’t have a suit against the EFCC. We have never filed any action against the EFCC challenging its constitutionality. We already issued a statement to that effect last week clarifying that we never had any suit attacking the EFCC’s constitutionality and that we did not join the suit filed at the Supreme Court by some other states in that regard.
“We respect the decisions of the states that have filed such a challenge,
as it is their right to approach the court. That is allowed in a democracy and in a federation.
“But the documents we have filed are public records open to scrutiny, so I am surprised that some media outlets are still running reports that include and mention Ogun State as one of the states challenging the EFCC’s existence when that is not the case.
