An interim ex parte order granting former governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, leave to travel to the United States of America to attend to his medical appointment has been challenged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The order was granted by Awka Division of the Federal High Court presided over by Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa, on the grounds of denial of fair hearing. EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren in a statement released on Saturday April 9, accused Obiano of attempting to …
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The immediate past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has explained why he tried to leave Nigeria hours after he handed over to his successor, Chukwuma Soludo, on March 17. Recall that Obiano was arrested at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos state by the EFCC. In an interview with Premiumtimes, Obiano, through his lawyer, Patrick Ikwueto (a Senior Advocate of Nigeria), said he was not running away but was rather hurrying to keep a doctor’s appointment to treat a “semi …