The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday arrested immediate past Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport Lagos.
Obiano, who has been on the Commission’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.
The EFCC had requested the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to inform it anytime the Governor was travelling out of the country from any of the international airports, as well as other points of entry and exit.
The Spokesman for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the arrest to Vanguard late at night on Thursday.
Wilson said the ex-governor had been detained in Lagos pending further actions by the anti-graft agency.
Recall that Vanguard had reported on November 24 2021, that the EFCC had placed the ex-Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, on a watch list, a move described by the state government as laughable.
Since coming into office in 2013, Governor Obiano has never been linked with any scam or fraud-related controversy but his sudden placement on the EFCC watch list raises serious concern among his followers and political associates.
•(Channels TV and Vanguard newspaper)
