Akeredolu Explains Freezing Of EndSARS Protesters Accounts

By Emmanuel Adigwe

Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has supported the freezing of the bank accounts of alleged #EndSARS promoters saying that the move was to ensure they were not used for treasonable acts.

Akeredolu disclosed this on Wednesday when he appeared on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.

He said: “Speaking very honestly, I don’t see anything wrong in it. If for instance, my account was frozen, what would I do?

“All I would do is go back to court to explain. Even politicians, their accounts are sometimes frozen. You have to go to court and explain and at the end of the day, the court will say, ‘Leave the account.

“The account should be de-frozen’ and you take your money back.”

Although some persons have kicked against the action of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) saying it is an abuse of power, the governor who doubles as the Chairman of the South-West Governors’ Forum stated that the onus is on the protesters to explain the flow of funds into their accounts.

He said: “If your account is frozen, you justify why the money was there. You come to explain to what use you have put this money.

“If it is that ‘Okay, we used this money to pay this caterer to give food to these boys when they were there. We spent money before the hoodlums took over,’ it will be explained, people will know and the accounts will be de-frozen.”

Akeredolu further debunked the argument that the protesters should be charged for treason.

He added: “It is just that the (CBN) suspected this account then the owner of the account will explain,”  saying  that it “is not a conclusion that those accounts were used for acts of treason.”

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