The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission on Friday filed fresh charges of
corruption against a former governor of
Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, at a Federal High
Court in Abuja.








Mr. Sylva is being charged alongside three
others – Francis Okokuro, Gbenga Balogun,
and Samuel Ogbuku – for allegedly using
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
of using the withdrawn money to augment
salaries of the state government workers.










The EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren,
said the agency awaits the assignment of
the case by the court in order to pave way
for the arraignment of Mr. Sylva and the
other accused.









The commission’s 42-count charge of
stealing against the ex-governor was
dismissed by the court on Wednesday.












The court had accused the EFCC of abusing
court process.










The court’s decision came more than a week
after the anti-graft agency withdrew part of
the charges – a N2 billion fraud case –
against the former governor.












The EFCC said it withdrew a six-count charge
of fraud against Mr. Sylva as a prelude to the
consolidation of all the charges against him.












The commission had two cases against the
former governor pending before two
Federal High Courts in Abuja, and needed to
consolidate them, the EFCC had said.













Source:www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/184918-efcc-files-fresh-corruption-case-against-ex-governor-sylvia.html

Ghen Ghen

And some protection seeker will want us to believe that PMB had a hand in the earlier quashing of this case by the court. If PMB was indeed behind it, will EFCC still be able to charge him again for the same offence?

The ground on which the case was thrown out earlier was unnecessary wasting of the court's time by EFCC. They failed to prosecute the charges with convincing evidence and always seeking for adjournment but TANoids here led by their C in C could not reason that GEJ/EFCC wasted three years on it.

All these thief thief must be punished

Barcanista food don done. Come chop.

PassingShot:
And some protection seeker will want us to believe that PMB had a hand in the earlier quashing of this case by the court. If PMB was indeed behind it, will EFCC still be able to charge him again for the same offence?

The ground on which the case was thrown out earlier was unnecessary wasting of the court's time by EFCC. They failed to prosecute the charges with convincing evidence and always seeking for adjournment but TANoids here led by their C in C could not reason that GEJ/EFCC wasted three years on it.

dont mind that clown called bacanister....

its a welcome development..if found guilty,he shld rot in prison.

EFCC is beginning to have its tooth back...Buhari hasn't even started with them yet.

Really? I taught Barcanista said Buhari is nt ready to fight kworuption?

Barcadullard oya over to you. It's so sad the next Abati is in the making. I remember back then in secondary schools how my father read and relish every Abati's article at the back page of Guardian newspaper only to trade his pride n dignity shamelessly to the most disastrous administration Nigeria ever experienced under civilian rule. Wishing you n your conviction what you wish yourself.