The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday evening released the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obianoo from its detention centre at its headquarters in Abuja.
Obiano was granted administrative bail by the Commission since last weekend but was able to meet with the conditions on Wednesday when the Senator Stella Oduah (Anambra North) stood as a surety for her.
An official at the EFCC, who confirmed the release, stated that Obiano’s “passport was seized by the anti-graft agency as part of his bail conditions.”
Obiano, was nabbed on Thursday at about 8:30pm by the anti-graft agency at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, hours after he left office and handed over to the new Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo.
He was reportedly on his way to the United States of America when he was apprehended.
He was subsequently transferred to the headquarters of the commission, where he was quizzed for days over alleged mismanagement of N5 billion Sure-P money, N37 billion security vote withdrawn in cash, as well as some inflated contracts.