The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court
has just dismissed a 42-count criminal
charge pending against the Former
Governor of Bayelsa State, timipre sylva.
Trial Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed
ruled that the charge which was preferred
against the erstwhile governor by the
Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, constituted an abuse of
court process.
sylva was in the charge, alleged to have
used three separate companies and
siphoned the sum of N19.2bn from the
Bayelsa state treasury.
EFCC insisted that the fraud was perpetuated
between 2009 and 2012 when sylva held
sway as governor of the state.
sylva is a chieftain of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, and was a member of the
transition committee of
President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, Mr.
M.S Diri, had earlier withdrawn another six-
court charge against sylva, wherein he
was accused of involvement in the illegal
diversion of N6.5billion also from the
coffers of Bayelsa State.