The Anambra State Government has frowned at the trial of the immediate-past governor of the state, Willie Obiano, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Obiano was arraigned by the anti-graft agency on nine charges bordering on N4 billion fraud on January 24.
He was accused of diverting the sum meant for the State’s security votes while he was governor between 2014 and 2022.
Following his arraignment before the Federal High Court in Abuja, Justice Inyang Ekwo allowed him to continue on the administrative bail granted him by the EFCC but restricted the ex-governor’s movement to Abuja.
Justice Ekwo ordered the EFCC to deposit Obiano’s travel documents with the court registrar.
A day after the arraignment, the incumbent Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, paid Obiano in Abuja.
Taking to his Facebook page, Soludo wrote: “Today, in the company of the APGA National Chairman, Ezeokenwa Sly Jr, I paid a solidarity visit to my respected predecessor, Chief Willie Obiano, in Abuja.
“The two-hour chat was valuable time well spent. By His grace, this one too shall pass.”
At the resumed proceedings in the trial on Thursday, Obiano’s lawyer, Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), informed Justice Ekwo that the Anambra State government was opposed to Obiano’s trial by the EFCC.
