Anambra govt berates Bawa-led EFCC over watchlist alert

Anambra State Government has criticised Bawa-led Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over watchlist alert on Governor Willie Obiano.

The anti-graft agency had earlier written a letter to the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) requesting the immigration to place Governor Obiano on a watchlist and inform it anytime he is travelling through any of the international airports, as well as other points of entry and exit.

In reaction to the watchlist alert, the Anambra State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Don Adinuba said the governor has four months left to remain in office, adding that the commission went too far by publicly announcing that it is investigating the governor.

“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 went too far to announce in November that it is observing him. We are not aware of any state governor who had up to four months to be in office and the EFCC went on to sponsor media reports that he was being investigated,” Adinuba said in a press statement signed on Thursday.