EFCC opens money laundering case against ex-gov Obiano with two witnesses

Obiano , who piloted the affairs of Anambra State from March 2014 to March 2022, is facing a nine-count charge the anti-graft agency preferred against him. The EFCC had among other things, alleged that the erstwhile governor looted over N4 billion from the treasury of the state. It told the court that the funds were siphoned from Anambra State's Security Vote Account, converted into dollars and handed to the defendant in cash.

Meanwhile, the bundle of documents from the bank, totaling 794 pages, were tendered and admitted in evidence by the court as Exhibit PW-1 Another bundle of documents dated June 1, 2023, showing the debits that were made from the accounts, were also admitted in evidence. The defence lawyer, Dr. Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, said his client would reserve his objections to the Exhibits and raise them in his final address.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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