Former Anambra Governor Willie Obiano to Be Investigated by the EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to arraign a former Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, over alleged N4 billion naira fraud.

VOP News gathered that the anti-graft agency would arraign Obiano before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja after it concluded its investigations into alleged money laundering while he was in office.

Recall that on March 17, 2022, Obiano was arrested at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos, while preparing to board a flight to Houston, the United States of America.

The agency had disclosed Obiano was arrested for alleged misappropriation of public funds, including N5 billion Sure-P and N37 billion security vote, which was withdrawn in cash.

According to the EFCC, part of the funds was also allegedly diverted to finance political activities in the state, adding that he had been on the EFCC’s watch list for some time over corruption allegations.

However, a charge filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja, sighted by Leadership Newspaper, showed that the EFCC would prosecute the former governor on nine-count charges bordering on illegal withdrawal of security vote and money laundering.

According to the court documents, Slyvanus Tahir, SAN, will lead eight other lawyers in the trial of the former governor.

In the court documents, EFCC accused Obiano of unlawfully moving N4,008,573,350 from security votes into different accounts, through which it was converted into dollars and returned to him in cash