In what the media is calling blackmail; former Bayelsa state Governor, Timipre Sylva has been re-arraigned by the EFCC over a N2.45 billion fraud.
Timipre Sylva
Ex Bayelsa governor, Timipre Sylva, has been re-arraigned by the EFCC over a N2.45bn fraud following his recent interview accusing President Jonathan of betraying Niger-Deltans.
According to PUNCH, the accused allegedly committed the offence between October 2009 and February 2010 as governor of Bayelsa State.
He pleaded not guilty to all the six counts when he was re-arraigned before Justice Evoh Chukwu on Monday.
The former governor also has similar charges pending against him before Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Sylva had earlier pleaded not guilty to the Monday’s six counts when he was first arraigned for the offences before Justice Adamu Bello (retd) on June 5, 2012.