The Oyo House of Assembly has berated the invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to its members in relation to a purported ongoing investigation.
The Clerk of Oyo Assembly, Mrs Yetunde Oludara Awe, in a letter, queried the propriety of the EFCC’s invitation to the Assembly members in the face of a pending suit challenging its (EFCC’s) power to probe state Legislature’s finances.
In the letter to the EFCC, dated October 11, 2022, a copy of which The Nation sighted in Abuja, Awe warned the commission against disrespecting the court and taking the law into its hands.
She said no member of the State Assembly would honour any invitation from the anti-graft agency until the pending case is determined.
The Oyo Assembly sued the EFCC earlier this year over its (EFCC’s) planned probe of the Assembly’s finances.
In the suit marked: FHC/IB/CS/71/2022 filed through its lawyer, Musibau Adetunbi (SAN), the Oyo Assembly is contending among others that by the provision of Section 125 of the Constitution, the EFCC is forbidden from looking into the financial books of the state Assembly.