The Former Governor of Anambra State received an administrative bail on the 23rd of March 2022.
Mr Obiano was freed from the EFCC but not free to move beyond the shores of Nigeria because his license to leave the country was ceased by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

It was reported in November last year that the EFCC had in a letter to the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) dated November 15, 2021, requested the service to place the governor on a watchlist 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 ex-governor was arrested on March 17 at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos, as he tried to board a flight to Houston, the United States.

He was later handed over to the EFCC which then flew him to Abuja for prolonged interrogation.

The former governor was released on March 23 after the EFCC granted him administrative bail. Mr Obiano’s passport and American Green card were withheld as part of the bail conditions.

Mr Ikwueto said Mr Obiano has continued to engage the EFCC to release his travel documents so he could proceed with his urgent medicals.

“He has already provided the agency copies of his medical reports and we are waiting to hear from them,” the lawyer said.

But then, The spokesperson for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, said he had not been briefed about any ongoing engagement between his agency and Mr Obiano’s request to travel.