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Corruption: EFCC Places Willie Obiano On Watchlist

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has placed outgoing Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano on a watchlist, ahead of next year’s handover of government in the state.

This was contained in a letter to the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) dated November 15, 2021.

The EFCC requested the immigration to place Governor Obiano on a watchlist and inform it anytime he is travelling out of the country from any of the international airports, as well as other points of entry and exit.

The Eastern Updates, however, has not been able to clearly ascertain why the anti-graft agency placed the governor on a watchlist.

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The move, however, appears that an indication that the agency may have been discreetly investigating the governor and possibly have intelligence that he was planning to escape after handing over power to his successor, Professor Charles Soludo, on March 16, 2022.

Sitting governors in Nigeria have immunity from criminal prosecution while in office.

Obiano will hand over the leadership of Anambra to Professor Soludo in March 2022 when he completes his two terms as governor of the state.

By that time, he would have completed his eight-year long term in office after winning the governorship election in 2013 on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

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