The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today (May 8, 2013) arrested
the former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva. He was picked up at his
No. 3, Niger Street, Maitama, Abuja home. On arrival at the facility at about
10.00 am, the Commission’s operatives were told that the ex-governor was not in
town but they insisted on conducting a search on the house having obtained a
warrant from the court.
During
the search, vital documents were obtained. Ironically, the ex-governor who
was said to be out of town was later found hiding in a dingy corner in the
upper chamber of his expansive mansion.
He
was immediately whisked away and is currently being interrogated at the Abuja
headquarters of the anti- graft agency. He is being grilled in connection with
fresh evidence linking him with a bouquet of fraudulent transactions that
borders on money laundering. Part of the new evidence includes a number of
eye-popping real estate acquisitions in Abuja.
The
arrest of the former governor is sequel to his refusal to honour invitations by
the Commission. Rather than appear before the EFCC, he got his lawyers to
inform the Commission that he was unable to appear because he was sick, and
hospitalised in Lagos. The lawyer had promised to appear with his client on May
7, 2013 but failed to do so.
The
Commission warns that it will not longer tolerate the antics of suspects who
treat its invitation with levity.
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