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Governor yesterday, suspect today: EFCC arrests ex-Anambra gov on way to US  

Governor yesterday, suspect today: EFCC arrests ex-Anambra gov on way to US  

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arrested the immediate past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, while trying to board a flight to the United States.

He was said to heading for Houston, Texas in the USA.

Reports said Obiano had been on the watch list of the EFCC for some time, and that the constitutional immunity he enjoyed as governor had prevented his arrest all along.

EFCC had in a letter to the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service dated November 15, 2021, asked the service to place Obiano on a watch list and inform it anytime he is travelling out of the country from any of the international airports and other points of entry and exit.

The state Commissioner for Information, Don Adinuba, had, however, dared the EFCC, insisting that his boss would return to the US – his original base – after leaving office.

But, hours after handing over to his successor, Prof. Charles Soludo, Obiano made his way to Lagos after which he proceeded to the international airport.

On sighting him at 8.30pm, immigration officers were said to have alerted the EFCC who immediately arrested him and took him to their office.

When contacted on the telephone, the spokesman for the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the former governor’s arrest.

He said “It is true. He was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport around 8.30pm.”

Details about why he was arrested were still sketchy, but NigerianSketch learnt that he was arrested for allegedly mismanaging over N17bn Paris Club refund and security vote. He is also said to have been probed over some suspicious projects, including the Umueri International Airport project whose cost was believed to be inflated.

 

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