A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed an application by the former governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, challenging the powers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to prosecute him. Obiano, who was arraigned on January 24, is standing trial on nine charges bordering on alleged N4bn theft. But in a preliminary objection […]
Ex-Anambra Gov, Obiano loses bid to stop trial in N40bn fraud charges
Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the application by a former Anambra State Governor, Willie Maduabuchi Obiano, which sought to quash the N40 billion money laundering charges brought against him by the Federal Government. The Judge, in a ruling delivered on Thursday, faulted and rejected all grounds upon […]
Leave Anambra out your N4bn theft charges – EFCC tells ex-gov Obiano
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has told the former governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, to leave the state government out of the N4 billion corruption charges against him. The anti-graft agency claimed at the Federal High Court in Abuja that Anambra State Government was not a party to the alleged fraud charges […]
Ex-Anambra Gov, Obiano asks court to quash N40bn fraud charges against him
In a fresh motion, the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Willie Maduabuchi Obiano has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to quash the N40bn corruption charges brought against him by the federal government. His request is contained in a new motion on notice filed before Justice Inyang Ekwo and brought pursuant to provisions […]
Alleged N40bn fraud: EFCC accuses Obiano of evading service of court process as trial stalls
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday at the Federal High Court in Abuja accused former governor of Anambra State, Willie Maduabuchi Obiano of evading services of court process in the N40 billion alleged fraud charges against him. Lead counsel to the anti-graft agency and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Sylvanus Tahir made […]
You can’t prosecute me in Abuja for crimes allegedly committed in Anambra – Ex-Gov, Obiano to EFCC
Former Anambra State Governor, Willie Maduabuchi Obiano has told a Federal High Court in Abuja that he cannot be prosecuted in Abuja for fraud crimes he allegedly committed in Anambra State. He asked the court to decline jurisdiction to try the fraud charges and to direct the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to shift […]
Alleged N4bn fraud: Court fixes March 7 to hear Obiano’s motion
The Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed March 7 to hear a motion filed by former Anambra Governor, Willie Obiano. Obiano is challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear the alleged N4 billion fraud charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. DAILY POST reports that the former Anambra governor […]
N4bn fraud trial: Soludo visits Obiano
Anambra State governor Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has visited his predecessor, Chief Willie Obiano, who was arraigned in court on Wednesday over an allegation of committing fraud to the tune of N4 billion while he was governor. DAILY POST gathered that, as a result of the trial, the former governor had his passport confiscated, and this […]
Court withholds ex-Gov Obiano’s passport
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that the passports and travel documents belonging to the former governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, be kept in its custody and that of the Nigeria Immigration Service. It also ordered that the former governor not travel outside the jurisdiction without the permission of the court. A […]
Obiano denies Nigerian govt’s N40bn fraud allegations, released from EFCC custody
The immediate-past Governor of Anambra State, Willie Maduabuchi Obiano, on Wednesday, denied the N40bn corruption charges brought against him by the federal government. He pleaded not guilty to all the 9 count charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC when read to him at the Federal High Court in Abuja. […]