The case involving the former Governor of Bayelsa State , Timipre Sylva, being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) before Justice A. Y Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has been adjourned till May 27, 2015.

Sylva along with Francis Okokwo, Gbenga Balogun, and Samuel Ogbuku, allegedly used three companies – Marlin Maritime Limited, Eat Catering Services Limited, and Haloween-Blue Construction and Logistics Limited to move about N19.2 billion from Bayelsa State coffers between 2009 and 2012, under false pretence of using the withdrawn money to augment salaries of the state government workers.

It was gathered that since the matter began in 2013, several applications filed by the defence, have made it difficult for Sylva to be arraigned.

However, at the last sitting on May 14, 2015, Justice Mohammed had in his ruling dismissed an application brought before it by the third accused, Gbenga Balogun, through his counsel Israel Olorundare, (SAN) praying the court to first determine the legal standing of the lead prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, (SAN), to handle the matter, as well as a motion challenging the competence of the 42-count charge.


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I'll also adjourn my comment till then

We are watching as the event unfold

barawo

The case is taking too long. They should jail him 20 years and confiscate all his life savings, assets and auction them immediate.
A year jail-term per billion will not be a bad deal.