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NIGERIA –Not True! Former Anambra Governor Obiano not fleeing the country

....he had Federal authorities' approval to travel to keep up appointment with doctors in the United States

March 28, 2022
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Chief Dr. Willie Obiano, the immediate past governor of Anambra State

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The immediate past governor of Anambra State, Chief Dr Willie Obiano, has explained why he tried to leave Nigeria hours after he handed over to his successor, Chukwuma Soludo, on March 17.

In a recent interview with a Nigerian daily, Obiano disclosed that he hurriedly left the handover ceremony in a bid to keep up with his doctor’s appointment in the United States.

Recall that Obiano was arrested at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos State by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) hours after he lost the constitutional immunity shielding him from prosecution while in office.

Obiano, through his lawyer, Patrick Ikwueto (a Senior Advocate of Nigeria), said he was not running away but was rather hurrying to keep a doctor’s appointment to treat a “semi fatal condition”.

“He was not running away. Why will he run away when his family is here and he has a lot to do here? The fact is that he (Obiano) has a medical condition for which he had a prior appointment to see his Specialist Doctor for treatment at Spring Creek Urology Specialists LLC, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

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By the nature of his ailment, he has been undergoing treatment at the said Specialist Hospital since June 2021 and had an appointment earlier scheduled for the final stage of Specialist Radiography for eight (8) weeks – which will take place immediately upon his arrival at the Facility in Houston, Texas, U.S.A; and thereafter, after four days. Subsequent treatments are scheduled every day for a period of eight (8) weeks.”

Mr Ikwueto said the former governor had since mid last year received treatment at the U.S. medical facility every three months.

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“The last time he was there was December 2021 and became due for another round of treatment this March shortly before he handed over to Soludo,” the lawyer said.

The lawyer refused disclosing the nature of the ailment.

“He (Obiano) was lucky that the disease was detected on time. It was still at an early stage when he was diagnosed last year,” said a source familiar with the former governor’s medical condition. He asked not to be named because he had no permission to discuss “private and confidential matters” concerning Mr Obiano.

The lawyer also said the former governor was granted permission by the federal authorities to travel for urgent medical treatment and that the former governor was surprised that after he was given assurance that he could proceed on his trip, he was blocked at the airport.

“I can tell you that after the media reported that the EFCC placed him on its watchlist, he reached out to authorities at the federal level to seek permission to travel for his scheduled medical treatment,” the lawyer said. “He also promised that he would thereafter return to face any probe the EFCC or any other agency had against him. So it was shocking that he was still treated the way he was despite the assurance he was given.” he said.

it would be recalled that EFCC had placed Chef Dr Obiano, on a watchlist, ahead of the handover of government in the state. This was contained in a letter to the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) dated November 15, 2021.

The EFCC requested the immigration to place him on a watchlist and inform it anytime he is travelling out of the country from any of the international airports, as well as other points of entry and exit.
It was, however, not clear why the anti-graft agency placed the governor on a watchlist but the move was an indication that the agency was discreetly investigating Chief Obiano and possibly had intelligence that he was planning to escape after handing over power to his successor, Professor Charles Soludo, on March 16, 2022.

 

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