Government House To EFCC Net, Willie Obiano Arrested As He Attempts To Flee - DE-REPORTORIAL

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Friday, March 18, 2022

Government House To EFCC Net, Willie Obiano Arrested As He Attempts To Flee

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has debunked reports claiming it has released the immediate-past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano.

The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, who disclosed this to Punch, said the former governor has been transferred to Abuja. 
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arrested former Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos.

Obiano, who has been on the commission’s watchlist for months, was arrested at about 8:30 pm.

He was on his way out of the country to Houston, Texas in the United States after handing over to his successor, Governor Charles Soludo, Channels TV reported.

EFCC placed Obiano on a watchlist last November.

The EFCC had requested the Nigeria Immigration Service to inform it anytime Obiano is travelling out of the country from any of the international airports, as well as other points of entry and exit.

It is, however, not yet clear why the anti-graft agency placed the governor on a watchlist.
The move was an indication that the agency may have been discreetly investigating the governor and possibly have intelligence that he was planning to escape after handing over power to Soludo, Channels TV reported, citing sources.

Former Anambra State Commissioner for Information, Don Adinuba, had, at the time, condemned the EFCC watchlist reports, claiming that they were politically motivated.

“Governor Obiano has a whole four months to remain in office as the Anambra State chief executive,” Adinuba said. “Nobody in Nigeria can circumscribe his constitutionally conferred immunity which shields him from both criminal and civil prosecution.

“The EFCC went too far to announce in November that it is observing him. We are not aware of any state governor who had up to four months to be in office and the EFCC went on to sponsor media reports that he was being investigated.”

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