Browsing: Chief Timi Sylva

The statement debunked reports that the executive was working with the state governor, Chief Seriake Dickson, as part of his purported plan to defect to the APC, adding that members of the state executive of the party never believed in the ideals of the governor

Among the 37 materials sought to be inspected are the ballot papers used for the two elections, police security report, video and audio report, appointed observer’s reports and the duplicate copy of the Certificate of Return issued to Governor Henry Serilake Dickson, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party

The BSG said its intervention was a patriotic step to save the President and his reputation from being used to destroy institutions like the Independent National Electoral Commission, the military and the police as a desperate political action by the APC candidate

Justice Adeniyi Ademola, in a ruling, held that the charges, as filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, constituted an abuse of court process and the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the case

The visit was seen as a hurried one coming after the state Governor, Seriake Dickson, criticized Sylva and his supporters for rejoicing over the death of Alamieyeseigha, the first civilian governor of Bayelsa State

A statement issued on Friday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said Dickson has no hand in Sylva’s rejection by the people as expressed through several media onslaughts against his candidacy, sponsored by aggrieved members of his party, the APC

Sylva’s campaign organization had in a statement at the weekend said the group’s impending protest was being sponsored by the Bayelsa State Government and a manifestation of fear about the emergence of Sylva by the government and the Peoples Democratic Party

At the last hearing of the case, there was also a face-off between prosecutors from the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and the EFCC.
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A statement issued on Saturday by the Bayelsa State Secretary of the PDP, Godspower Keku, alleged that Orunimighe, who is from Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, is currently on his way to the community with armed thugs disguising as men of the Joint Task Force in a gunboat to intimidate and force the people against their will to favour the APC candidate

Festus Keyamo, the prosecuting counsel, told the court that Sylva fraudulently converted various sums of money belonging to Bayelsa State in an effort to conceal their illicit origins

The interim forfeiture order to attach Sylva’s properties was granted by Justice A. R Mohammed on December 28, 2012, according to the EFCC in a statement by its spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren