EFCC charges former Bayelsa Gov. Sylva with 50 money laundering charges

Disappointed by the dismissal of the money
laundering charges it charged against former
Bayelsa governor, Timipre Sylva, by Justice A. R.
Mohammed of the Abuja Federal High Court, the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
yesterday, released 50 fresh charges against him.
The charges were increased from the initial 42 to
50 by the anti-graft agency and this has already
been filed and will probably be assigned to a new
judge. The charges, according to a document were
prepared and filed in court by the Director of Legal
of the EFCC, Mr. Chile Okoroma.
In the new charges, EFCC listed acts of looting
allegedly carried out by Sylva when he was the
governor of the state. He is also alleged to have
connived with three companies to commit the
offences charged against him between 2007 and
2011.
The filing of fresh charges against Sylva came
barely a week after Justice A.R. Mohammed
dismissed the 42-count charge against the former
governor on account of abuse of court processes.
However, the commission immediately faulted the
action of the judge for dismissing the case without
it being heard.
It noted that the dismissal of the charge by Justice
Mohammed following the application of the
commission to consolidate the charges against the
former governor and his accomplices, did not
amount to a discharge or an acquittal, and it did
not preclude the power of the agency to bring
fresh charges against the defendants.
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