EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, has confirmed that the immediate past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano State has been released on administrative bail.
He said the former governor was released on Wednesday and that his passport is still being held by the anti-graft agency as part of bail conditions.
Obiano was arrested last week at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, hours after handing over to Governor Charles Soludo.
Bawa also stressed that Obiano’s arrest by the EFCC was not politically motivated.
The ex- governor was arrested for allegedly misappropriating N5 billion Sure-P and N37 billion Security Vote funds, which were withdrawn in cash
After handing over to his successor, Professor Charles Soludo, the former governor was intercepted by EFCC operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Thursday last week.
He was said to be on his way out of the country to Houston, Texas in the United States before he was arrested and later transferred to the EFCC head office in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
