Nigeria, Aug. 5 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday has frozen an Osun State Government bank account, escalating political tensions just 10 days before the state's governorship election.

The affected account, domiciled with First Bank, was placed on "Post No Debit (PND)" status, preventing withdrawals and other debit transactions from the account.

Abdul-Jeleel Samakin, the Senior Special Assistant on Media Monitoring to Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke confirmed the development to PREMIUM TIMES via a phone call, saying the account is among those used by the state government for official financial transactions, including salary payments.

"It is true that the EFCC has frozen the account, major accounts ...