EFCC Moves To Prosecute Sylva Over 6.5 Billion Naira Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Monday, intensified its bid to prosecute the former governor of Bayelsa state, Timipre Sylva, following allegation that he pilfered N6.5 billion from the state treasury whilst he was in office.
The anti-graft agency had in a 6-count criminal charge it entered against the ex-governor on February 24, maintained that the said crime was perfected between October 2009 and February 2010.

Meanwhile, sequel to inability of the commission to serve a copy of the charge on the accused person to pave way for his arraignment, it  secured the nod of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Monday to paste the 6-count charge at the front gate of his Abuja residence located within the Maitama District.

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Source: Vanguard News

3 COMMENTS

  1. Why Nigerians are like this? Why can’t we change 4 better? Why does the people who called themselves our political leaders can’t change 4 better. Does this system really reflects on the so called ‘transformation agendas’ by the president? This ex-governor is brought us now simply because he no longer dine and wine wit the president. How come the lootings dat goes on everyday even in the face of those who pretends to be the prosecutors are not made mention to the public how much more to prosecute them? The #1trillion that waz smuggled into the 2012 budget, where is it and where are the the people involved in this act. Maybe efcc is instituted against some political opponents. The ex-governor shuld face the judgement of his crime. But let there be high level maturity and impartiality in our actions in the country. The poor masses are really dying because of the mismanagements and lootings in the land.