The Ogun State government has distanced itself from the list of states that took the Federal Government to the Supreme Court over the constitutionality of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The state said since it was not among those challenging the Federal Government, the continued listing of its name among those challenging the Federal Government was malicious.
Addressing reporters at the weekend in Abeokuta, the state capital, the state’s Attorney General and Justice Commissioner Oluwasina Ogungbade (SAN) said: “We don’t have a suit against the EFCC. We never filed any action against 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 filed by some other states in that regard.
“We respect the decision of 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 papers we have filed are public documents open to scrutiny.
“I am surprised that some media outlets are still running reports that include and mention Ogun as one of the states challenging the EFCC’s existence when that is not the case. I hope that such outlets will be guided by this clarification as well as our statement from last week, to put out the correct position.”