The former Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano is expected to answer for missing N17 billion Paris Club Fund as well as N37 billion cash withdrawals from the state’s coffers.
These are fresh facts monitored by Daily Trust as Obiano is currently being grilled by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The EFCC has promised to issue a formal statement insisting that Obiano’s case is still under investigation.
However, multiple sources revealed to Daily Trust that the former governor was also quizzed over how he spent security votes allocated to him for eight years and how some contracts were inflated.
The EFCC arrested the former Obiano at about 8:30pm on Thursday as he made to leave the country immediately after handing over to the newly sworn-in successor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo.
He was on his way to the United States when the EFCC intercepted him at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, and whisked him away to the Lagos office of the commission.
The former Governor is spending his first few days after his tenure in the custody of the financial crimes investigation agency.
Willie Obiano will also be grilled by detectives over alleged misappropriation of public funds, including N5bn Sure-P and N37bn security vote which was withdrawn in cash.
In an interview with PUNCH, the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the ex-governor’s transfer, saying, “Obiano has been flown to Abuja this morning (Friday). He is currently at our Abuja office.
“Obiano was arrested for alleged misappropriation of public funds, including, N5bn Sure-P and N37 billion security vote which was withdrawn in cash. Part of the funds was also allegedly diverted to finance political activities in the state.”
The EFCC spokesperson, however, declined to speak on when the suspect would be released on bail.
Reports say that the agency had last year placed the former governor on its watch list and also asked the Nigeria Immigration Service to stop him from leaving the country in a letter to the Comptroller-General of Immigration dated November 15, 2021.
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