A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, shifted the money laundering charge filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), against former Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, to Nov. 13 for continuation of trial.

The matter, which is before Justice Inyang Ekwo, could not proceed because the court did not sit. The judge was said to be attending a seminar at the National Judicial Institute (NJI) in Abuja.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Justice Ekwo had, on June 26, fixed Monday for the continuation of trial after the anti-graft agency’s lawyer, Sylvanus Tahir (SAN), led two witnesses in evidence in the trial of the ex-governor.

A former commercial bank staff, Mr Ugochukwu Otubelu, revealed how he managed the security vote account under Obiano’s government. Otubelu, the 3rd prosecution witness (PW-3), said though he was with the bank between November 2, 2008, and March 24, 2023, he is now a businessman.

He said the signatories to the security vote account were the former Principal Secretary to the ex-governor, Willy Nwokoye, and the Accountant, Theophilus Nweze.

He said he interfaced with them mostly on a daily and weekly basis in processing their transactions. The PW-3, who admitted that funds from the security votes account went into six companies’ accounts, said the money did not go to the account holders. The EFCC also called Hayatu Hadejia, is a Bureau De Change (BDC) operator as PW-4.

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