Amidst tight security, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has moved the former Governor of Anambra, Willie Obiano to Court 5 of the Federal High Court in Abuja for arraignment.
Obiano who dressed in a navy blue suite with a black cap to match was accompanied into the court room by no fewer ten operatives of the EFCC.
He was driven into the court premises around 8am in an 18-seater Toyota Bus marked ABC 573 KQ and kept inside the vehicle for some minutes before being moved into the court room.
Inside the court room, he was sandwiched in between four EFCC operatives who are preventing his followers, including a traditional ruler and sympathizers from accessing him.
At the time of this report, the identity of lawyers likely to stand for him could not be ascertained.
Justice Inyang Ekwo who is billed to take his plea in the criminal charges is being awaited in the court room while officials of the court are already on standby.
Obiano is to face trial in a nine-count corruption charges to a tune of over alleged N4 billion preferred against him by the anti-graft agency.
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