Nature129:

I was alarmed when I heard this news. What does a man need 48 houses for? Truly, many Nigerians are abnormal and need to have their heads checked.

Nigeria's case has gone beyond divine intervention as this country is due for a revolution!

doctokwus:

I voted and worked for him because the havoc I knew corruption has dealth on Nigeria and his pledge to give it a "bloody nose".Forget the economic hardship,it cud have happened under any govt,just maybe not this bad.
But the following convinced me the man is a scam:
-failing to publicly declare his assets as he promised,sth Yar'Adua did flawlessly and without prompting.
-He kept quiet on the recruitment scams under his very nose.
-While persecuting other people,his kinsmen and close confidantes were neck deep in corruption and he is feigning deaf.
-Under his nose,Dambazzau was doctored out of the arms probe indictment and he still seats comfortably with him in the cabinet.
-An army officer whose entire salary unspent cudnt buy half of a duplex in Dubai,owes 2 and yet he is being shielded by same pmb.Etc
Since he has shown he is not living up to the one campaign promise I supported him for,i have lost trust in him till he proves me wrong.

kings09:
Ah ah! Is dis not modelmike7 again? D ultimate APC/buhari defender.

modelmike7:
. . . Buhari supporter? YEA, i am his Number 1 supporter in the world, i so much believe in him to make this country great. I know he really has the interest of this country at heart.. . . APC supporter? HELL NO! I am a person supporter not a party supporter. There are also some good guys i like in PDP also, that are doing good works to the populace in their costituency, tho very few. God bless Nigeria.

sunnyb0b0:
Timipre Sylva, former governor of Bayelsa state, has retrieved 48 of his property which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seized during the administration of Goodluck Jonathan.

According to PUNCH, some of the property are located in Wuse II and Maitama, highbrow areas of Abuja.

Back then, the commission had slammed 50 charges against the ex-governor and arraigned him before three federal high courts in Abuja.

Sylva, who contested the 2015 governorship election in Bayelsa, had accused the anti-graft agency of witch-hunt and political persecution.

The case was subsequently struck out.

A PUNCH correspondent, who visited some of the houses, observed that the inscription ‘EFCC, Keep Off’, on the gates or fences of the property, had been wiped off the buildings while some had been rented out.

The correspondent, who posed as a prospective tenant, was informed that the rent for the property ranged between N2.5m and N6m per annum.

Sixteen units of service apartments at Plot 1181 Thaba Tseka Crescent, off IBB Way in the Wuse II area of the federal capital territory (FCT), cost N6m per annum including a N1.5m service charge.

The building provides seven hours of power supply from a generator. One wing had been painted while the other was under reconstruction.

“When the EFCC sealed off this property, it was rotting away. However, it was re-opened a few months ago so we started to refurbish the property. We have repainted the property and we have started renting the apartments out,” a guard at the property was quoted to have said.

At a block of flats, which comprises nine units (six one-bedroom and three two-bedroom flats) located at 8, Sefadu Street, Wuse, Zone 2, PUNCH was told that the rent ranged from N1.5m to N3m.

“Immediately the EFCC inscriptions were erased, all the flats were taken. There is no vacant apartment now,” the security guard said.

At a property located at 8 Mistrata Street, Wuse II, Abuja, it was observed that the property was a hotel, which charged between N25,000 and N45,000 per room.

TheCable’s efforts to reach Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC’s spokesman, for the reaction of the commission did not yield the desired result as of the time this report was filed.

His telephone line was out of reach, but a text message was sent.

https://www.thecable.ng/efcc-returns-sylvas-48-houses-seized-jonathan

ItsMeAboki:


Abeg receive, what can Buhari do after the case had long been struck out since under GEJ's time or can't you read? - if he should order EFCC to hold on to the properties, I am sure the likes of you would be the first to start calling him dictator/undemocratic.

Jesusloveyou:
and gej fought corruption by seizing his opponent houses, he use 6yrs as president to seize sylva properties,what a shame, he could not even convict sylva for 6yrs, and pardon convicted criminals like dsp alams and bode george. this new efcc under pmb wil re-investigate the issue, unlike gej witch hunting.

Dalek:
Am I the only one who read this news or some of you are just happy to wallow in stupidity. EFCC filed the case against him during Jonathan's tenure, and the case was struck out again during the same GEJs tenure.
The houses (48 of them FFS) we're returned now.
And e-diotic wailers are still shouting Buhari and APC upandan. if this government had blocked the return of the houses, y'all imbes will say Buhari tyrant et al.
instead you should be demanding why the case was struck out or accuse GEJ of negligence cuz this is what it is.
we're our own problem in this country and until we accept that... we have no hope for revolution..

gaby:
Not in support of Buhari,Sylva or Efcc,but trust me this is sensational journalism at it's worst.
48 houses indeed! How about listing out these houses one by one with addresses.

Assets belonging to the former governor against which a forfeiture order was obtained by the EFCC include a mansion at 3 River Niger Street, plot 3192 Cadastral zone AO, Maitama District Abuja;
nine units (comprising six one bedroom and 3 two bedroom apartments) at 8 Sefadu Street Wuse zone 2, plot 262 Cadastral zone AO2, Wuse Abuja;
2 units duplexes at 5 Oguta Street, plot 906 Cadastral zone Wuse 11 Abuja.
Others are a duplex at Plot 1271 Nike Street Cadastral zone AO5, Maitama District Abuja;
a duplex at Phase 1 Unit No. 1 (Villa 1) Palm Springs Gold Estate, Cachez Turkey Projects Limited, Mpape, Abuja;
10 units of one room apartments at 8 Mistrata Street plot 232 Cadastral zone Wuse 11 Abuja;
5 units duplexes at Plot No 1070 Dakibiyu District Cadastral zone B10, Abuja;
16 units service apartments at Plot 1181 Thaba Tseka Crescent, Off IBB Way, Wuse 11, Abuja; and
3 units of three bedroom flats at No. 1 Mubi Close, Plot 766. Cadastral Zone A01, Garki, Abuja

kenny987:


No. It was under Buhari that his case was struck out to enable him stand for elections as the APC flag-bearer in the Bayelsa elections. The EFCC under buhari curiously withdrew the charges against him and naturally the court struck out the matter. Read for yourself:

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/193981-court-dismisses-corruption-charges-against-timipre-sylva.html
http://www.nigerianwatch.com/news/7085-former-bayelsa-governor-timipre-sylvas-corruption-case-surprisingly-withdrawn-by-efcc

sunnyb0b0:
Lalasticlala, come and see how baba is pighting kwarapshion.

Agarli:
48 houses owned by one person? I no go talk

Nossa:
Buhari is really pighting kwaraption

kings09:
and u v seen whr d country is. And pls don't bring up d blame game card, it's so stale n boring. . . . . . Jst tel ur celeb dat u support dat @ his old age, he shld start acting n quit whining like a baby

modelmike7:
How did he acquire all that? All the corrupt, rogues of a politician should be tried and jailed after our yams have been collected from them. Bunch of rogues!

NairaMaster1:


You guys always implicate your saint PMB with your myopic post. When you compare PMB to GEJ you're telling the whole world that the acclaimed saint is not different from GEJ. If the news is true then no hope. Your master is actually fighting opposition to render them weak against 2019. There's no basis for arresting ihejirika and celebrating Buratai over same corruption just because one is in government. All of them should face the music. I won't support any. They don't know me

Agarli:
48 houses owned by one person? I no go talk

lomprico:
Lalasticlala, how will u close a thread and move it to FP again?

U never see snake today ni?

doctokwus:

I voted and worked for him because the havoc I knew corruption has dealth on Nigeria and his pledge to give it a "bloody nose".Forget the economic hardship,it cud have happened under any govt,just maybe not this bad.
But the following convinced me the man is a scam:
-failing to publicly declare his assets as he promised,sth Yar'Adua did flawlessly and without prompting.
-He kept quiet on the recruitment scams under his very nose.
-While persecuting other people,his kinsmen and close confidantes were neck deep in corruption and he is feigning deaf.
-Under his nose,Dambazzau was doctored out of the arms probe indictment and he still seats comfortably with him in the cabinet.
-An army officer whose entire salary unspent cudnt buy half of a duplex in Dubai,owes 2 and yet he is being shielded by same pmb.Etc
Since he has shown he is not living up to the one campaign promise I supported him for,i have lost trust in him till he proves me wrong.