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  • EFCC Challenges Court Order to Release Former Anambra Governor’s Passport

EFCC Challenges Court Order to Release Former Anambra Governor’s Passport

Hush Gist April 11, 2022

EFCC Challenges Court Order to Release Former Anambra Governor’s Passport

 

Hush Gist

11 April 2022

 

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has challenged an Awka High Court’s decision asking the commission to release the passport of  Chief Willie Obiano, former governor of Anambra State

 

Recall that EFCC had placed Former Anambra State Governor on it’s watchlist and hours after his handover to Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, the commission had arrested him at the Lagos International Airport attempting to “flee” the country and transferred him to their office in Abuja. Days after his arrest, he was released while investigation is still ongoing. But his passport was withheld by the commission.

 

 

The commission has kicked against an interim Order by the Awka Division of the Federal High Court presided over by Justice Hyeladzira A. Nganjiwa granting the former Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano leave to travel abroad to the United States of America to attend to his medical appointment, on the grounds of denial of fair hearing.

 

According to a report on the official handle of the commission, Obiano is being investigated by the EFCC for alleged corruption and money laundering during his tenure as Anambra State governor from 2014 to 2022.

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The report further stated that, surprisingly, the former governor had attempted to arm-twist the Commission with an ex parte order, obtained from Justice Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court, Awka, Anambra State. Available court documents indicate that Obiano had on March 11, 2022, ahead of his handover on March 17, 2022, filed a motion ex parte dated March 10, 2022 before Justice Nganjiwa praying among others, for an interim injunction stopping the EFCC from arresting or preventing him from travelling out of the country for his medical treatment.

 

While the court in one breadth ordered the applicant to put the Commission on notice why interim preservatory order should not be granted, it went ahead to make an order that the Commission should not obstruct, impede or prevent the applicant from travelling abroad to keep his medical appointment and adjourned till March 23.

 

On March 31, the Commission was served an originating motion on notice for the enforcement of the applicant’s fundamental rights. Curiously, the motion was filed on March 11, 2022, the same date as the motion for ex parte order.

 

This was followed by another motion on notice on April 4, putting the Commission on notice to release Obiano’s passport to enable him travel abroad for his medicals with hearing fixed for April 6, and instructions that proceedings shall be conducted virtually via Zoom.

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Ahead of the hearing, the Commission petitioned the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court asking that Justice Nganjiwa recuse himself from the fundamental rights action on the grounds that he is a party in the Commission’s appeal at the Supreme Court in the corruption case, H. A. Nganjiwa VS. FRN.

 

But when the case was called, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba held the brief of his brother judge, who is bereaved. The case was subsequently adjourned, with instruction that counsel will be notified of the adjourned date.

 

 

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