Chief Willie Obiano, immediate past Governor of Anambra State was, on Wednesday, allowed to go home based on the terms of an administrative bail the anti-graft agency earlier.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had slammed a 9-court charge on Obiano for an alleged N4 billion fraud had pleaded not guilty to the charges when he was arraigned for trial before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Terms of his bail conditions included the seizure of his international passport, even as he was warned not to travel outside the country without the permission of the court.
Besides, the court directed the EFCC to forward to it, details of those that stood as his sureties.
The case has been adjourned till March 4 for the commencement of his trial.
Obiano had been initially arrested at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos, on March 17, 2022, as he was about to board a United States of America- bound flight.
