Former Governor of Anambra state, Willie Obiano has been granted bail after he was arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja.
Obiano was arraigned on a nine-count charge in which he was accused of laundering about N4 billion.
He pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him by an official of the court.
After the taking of the defendant’s plea, the prosecuting lawyer, Sylvanus Tahir (SAN) applied for the remand of the defendant in custody pending the commencement of trial.
However, the defence lawyer, Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN) sought to move his client’s bail application, but Tahir said he was just served the application and needed time to respond.
At that point, Justice Inyang Ekwo inquired from Tahir if the defendant had earlier granted bail.
And, in response, Tahir said the prosecuting agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) granted Obiano conditional administrative bail.
