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 of 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.
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