The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has granted a former governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, bail.
EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, made the disclosure while speaking to newsmen on the sideline of the 5th Annual General Assembly meeting of the Network of National Anti-Corruption Institutions in West Africa in Abuja on Monday.
Bawa, however, did not disclose the details of the bail.
When asked why the anti-graft agency had kept Obiano in its custody beyond the period allowed by the constitution, the EFCC boss said the arrest of the former governor was not politically motivated.
“Nothing political about the arrest of the former Anambra State Governor, Wille Obiano. He has been granted bail,” he said.
Bawa said that the commission was waiting for the former governor to perfect his bail.
Obiano, who is under investigation for alleged misappropriation of N42 billion belonging to Anambra State, was arrested last Thursday at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos on his way to Houston, United States.
The former governor was arrested hours after handing over to the new Anambra Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo.
The anti-graft agency said Obiano had been on its watch list for months but the immunity enjoyed by a sitting governor prevented his arrest.
EFCC had requested the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to provide information on the former governor’s movement out of the country from airports, or other points of exit from the country.
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