EFCC Confirms Arrest Of Ex-Anambra Gov, Obiano

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the arrest of immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Dr Willie Obiano.

This is coming barely 24-hours after the governor was arrested by the commission on Thursday night in Lagos, hours after his handover to the new Anambra governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo.

In a chat with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwujaren said that the former governor is currently in its custody undergoing interrogation after his arrest yesterday.

He stated that Obiano was arrested at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagosa and was brought to Abuja on Friday morning.

The EFCC spokesman said the former governor had not been released as being speculated in some sections of the media.

“The former governor is currently in our custody undergoing interrogation and I can not say exactly when he will be released. I don’t know how long the exercise will take."

“All I can tell you now is that he is still in the EFCC custody in Abuja,” he added.

Uwujaren further clarified that he was not aware of the arrest of the wife of the former governor, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano, as being speculated in the media.

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