Tinubu, EFCC boss meet on seized houses after Osun freeze row

President Bola Tinubu convened a meeting on Tuesday with the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, and the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Muttaqha Darma, at the State House in Abuja. The primary focus of the discussion was the management and disposal of houses seized by the EFCC across the country, according to a brief statement released by the State House media office.

The meeting took place on Monday, August 18, 2026, marking the first public interaction between Tinubu and Olukoyede since the latter overruled the commission's decision to freeze the accounts of the Osun State Government just days before the state's gubernatorial election. The EFCC had obtained a court order on August 5, 2026, freezing the Osun State Government's accounts, citing an investigation into the alleged misuse of funds, including ecology funds, intervention funds, and allocations from the Federation Account Allocation Committee, amounting to around N11 billion.

The Osun State Government contested the freeze in a lawsuit filed on the same day at the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking nullification of the order and claiming N2 billion in exemplary damages, while accusing the commission of launching an unproven "witch-hunt" against the state since March.