Odigie-Oyegun in the statement on Friday, said anyone, including members of its National Working Committee, who wishes to issue a statement on its behalf, must clear such with him
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Oshiomhole, who also said Sylva threatened his life and that of other members of the Electoral Committee of the primaries, challenged Sylva to produce his Certificate of Return presented to him by the party if he truly won in a free and fair primaries
‘I am banking on the people to secure my votes. I am banking on you the proud Ijaw people who have never been defeated and I am banking on my record of service and my performance’
The counsel to Sylva, Abong Odok Ogah, challenged the result of the election at the polls at the continuation of the pre-trial hearing at the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Yenagoa
The charges were filed by the anti-graft agency early this year following the re-arraignment of Sylva for the offences for which he was initially arraigned in 2012
He said those who promote or indulge in the campaign of death and destruction will have no place to hide from the wrath and curse of God and men
At the resumed sitting on Friday, a court official informed counsel and parties that the judge was bereaved
Okio’s comments, especially on the social media, about Jonathan and his involvement with the nPDP, whose members are currently being hounded in Bayelsa State, had rankled with many in Abuja and Yenagoa before the news of his abduction on Saturday from his Abuja residence
Sylva, in a statement by his media aide, Dofie Buokoribo, said it was the administration of Jonathan, as governor of Bayelsa State, that owed pensioners for five years and not his administration
Some have interpreted the publicity stunt around the Sylva case as an attempt by EFCC to use the charges as leverage in political negotiations for leaders of the government of the day and pecuniary negotiations for the commission’s operatives
Lambo said: “It is an abuse of the court process for the plaintiff (Sylva) to approach this court on a matter already decided by the Supreme Court
A good example is the street level interpretations that have followed Chief Timipre Sylva’s presence at the recent wedding of the daughter of Dr. Peter Odili
The arrest of the former governor is sequel to his refusal to honour invitations by the Commission.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, which levelled the allegation, also said the governor had fat bank accounts in the names of proxies
The discovery was made by the EFCC during the continuation of its investigation of allegations of fraud against the former governor