Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has revealed why the former Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has not been released.
Obiano is under investigation for N42 billion fraud and has been in EFCC custody since Thursday when he was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on his way to the United States.
Speaking to journalists on the sideline of the 5th Annual General Assembly of the Network of National Anti-Corruption Institutions in West Africa in Abuja on Monday, Bawa revealed that the commission was waiting for Obiano to perfect his bail.
He also disclosed that the former governor’s arrest was not politically motivated despite being detained beyond the period permitted by the 1999 Constitution as amended.
“Nothing political about the arrest of the former Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano. He has been granted bail. But we await when he fulfils his bail conditions,” Bawa said.
