GOVERNOR OBIANO ARRESTED BY EFCC : WILLIE OBIANO ARRESTED BY EFCC OPERATIVES.
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested former Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano Obiano, who has been on the EFCC’s watchlist, was arrested at about 8.30pm.
He was reportedly on his way out of the country to Houston, Texas in the United States after handing over to his successor, Governor Charles Soludo.
GOVERNOR OBIANO ARRESTED BY EFCC: HIS ARREST
The former Governor had been on the EFCC’s watchlist since last year and the EFCC had requested the Nigeria Immigration Service to inform it anytime
the Governor is travelling out of the country from any of the international airports, and 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.
GOVERNOR OBIANO ARRESTED BY EFCC: EYES WITNESS
Sources told FREEDOM SQUARE TV that 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
his successor, Professor Charles Soludo, on March 17, 2022.
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 who was arrested by efcc has a whole four months to remain in office as the Anambra State chief executive,” Adinuba said. “ and Nobody in Nigeria can circumscribe his
constitutionally conferred immunity which shields him from both criminal and civil prosecution.
So therefore, 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.”
Governor Obiano Arrested by Efcc: ARREST LOCATION
Governor Obiano was arrested by efcc at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on Thursday, same day he handed over to his successor, Prof. Charles Soludo, as governor of Anambra.
The Governor, who was governor of Anambra for eight years, was picked up by the EFCC operatives as he prepared to board a flight to Houston, in the US state of Texas.
Today must have been a very bad day for the couple.
A more precise details shortly…