Overview
- The EFCC announced on November 11 that former Bayelsa governor Timipre Sylva is wanted in connection with an alleged conspiracy and dishonest conversion of $14,859,257.
- EFCC spokesman Dele Oyewale said a Federal High Court in Lagos granted a warrant for Sylva’s arrest on November 6.
- Justice D. I. Dipeolu authorized the order directing law enforcement to arrest Sylva for the purpose of bringing him before the Commission.
- The money at issue was part of a Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board investment in Atlantic International Refinery for a refinery project.
- Sylva’s aide Julius Bokoru called the move a coordinated political onslaught and said Sylva would honor an EFCC invitation after medical checks in the UK, while the Ijaw Youth Council voiced reservations and urged a non-selective anti-corruption effort.