The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned former Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, on nine counts of alleged N4bn fraud during his time as governor of the State.
Obiano arrived the court on Wednesday morning escorted by some EFCC operatives.
The 68-year-old was arraigned today before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
However, the former Governor pleaded not guilty for the money laundering charges levelled against him.
Counsel for the EFCC, Sylvanus Tahir, asked that he be remanded in the custody of the anti-graft agency.
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Chairman of the EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, had declared last week that he would review all abandoned high-profile cases, especially those involving former governors and ministers.
A source at the EFCC disclosed that Obiano moved his security votes into different accounts using his former principal private secretary.
“We found that Obiano moved N4,008,573,350 billion from security votes into different accounts. The money at various times was changed into dollars and returned to Obiano in cash”, the source said.
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