As Anambra, EFCC Bicker over Watch List

While Anambra State government is not taking lightly the fact that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has placed Governor Willie Obiano on its watch list, David-Chyddy Eleke writes that observers are strongly looking forward to what will happen after March 16, 2022 when he is no longer covered by immunity

However, it later became clear that the governor was placed on EFCC’s watch list based on petitions by some indigenes of the state, who accused him of mismanaging over N17 billion Paris Club refund and security vote. The debt service deductions concern the Paris Club, London Club and multilateral debts of the federal government and the states.

Obi reportedly left billions of naira in the state’s coffers for his predecessor while handing over in 2014. “The EFCC provided no details of how Governor Obiano has been placed on its watch list, but made a reference to a letter it purportedly wrote on November 15, 2021, to the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service asking it to inform the anti-graft agency anytime the governor is travelling out of the country.

“Governor Obiano has a whole four months to remain in office as the Anambra State chief executive. Nobody in Nigeria can circumscribe his constitutionally conferred immunity which shields him from both criminal and civil prosecution. “The EFCC should not allow itself to be used by politicians who are mere birds of passage. Its ongoing Anambra drama is in bad taste. It did not serve Governor Obiano any notice. Nor did it invite him to answer questions about his service record. It just went to the press. Yet, the governor is willing to answer any questions about his years in office. After all, he has received a prestigious award from the United Nations Development Programme for social service integrity.

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