Court Let Sylva Off The Hook Over Alleged 19.2 Billion Fraud

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has let the former governor of Bayelsa state, Timipre Sylva off the hook by dismissing the 50-count criminal charge that was entered against him  ‎by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)‎.

Trial Justice Ademola Adeniyi dismissed the charge on the ground that it constituted a gross abuse ‎of the judicial process even as he barred the anti-graft agency from ever filing another charge against Sylva based on the facts of the case that was dismissed.

Sylva is currently the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the election scheduled to hold in Bayelsa State on December 5.

He was in the charge that was dismissed yesterday, alleged to have connived with three others- Francis Okokuro, Gbenga Balogun and Samuel Ogbuku- and siphoned over N19.2billion from the Bayelsa State. [myad]