President Bola Tinubu’s directive to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to vacate a court order freezing the Osun State government’s bank account has sparked fresh questions about the anti-graft agency’s independence. Many Nigerians took to social media to ask whether the president can order the EFCC by fiat, wondering if the agency’s inertia in probes of former Humanitarian Affairs Minister Beta Edu and former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello was due to presidential interference. The African Democratic Congress (ADC), its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) weighed in on the implications for the rule of law.