Former Gov Obiano Now On Bail – EFCC

By Ayodele Oni

Immediate past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has been released on bail.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)  Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, disclosed this on Monday in an interview with journalists in Abuja on the sideline of 5th Annual General Assembly (AGA) of the Network of Anti-Corruption Institutions in West Africa (NACIMA).

Bawa, however, said the former governor is yet to perfect his bail conditions and as such, he is still in the custody of the commission.

Obiano, was nabbed on Thursday at about 8:30pm by the anti-graft agency at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos  when he was reportedly on his way to the United States of America.

He was subsequently transferred to the headquarters of the commission, where he was quizzed for days over alleged mismanagement of N42bn and inflated contract.

It is not known when the bail was granted him, but a 12-second video of the former Governor which was leaked and went viral, sparked outrage. He was wearing a red-coloured shorts and a t-shirt, drinking a bottle of water, and sitting with a visitor.

The video was seen to be in bad fate and a deliberate humiliation of Obiano as no other high profile detainee has been so treated.

Details of his bail are yet to be made public.