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EFCC Levels 50 Money Laundering Charges Against Former Bayelsa Gov. Timipre Sylva
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Sunday leveled 50 charges of money laundering against former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva.
Vanguard reports that the fresh charges were filed following the EFCC’s disappointment following an Abuja High Court’s dismissal of previous money laundering charges filed against Sylva.
The report further states:
“…The charges were increased from the initial 42 to 50 by the anti-graft agency, thereby giving Sylva a tougher task to defend himself in the matter, which has already been filed and likely to be assigned to a new judge.
This time, the EFCC has carefully listed the acts of looting alleged to have been perpetrated by Sylva when he was the governor of the riverine state.
In the new charges, the former governor is alleged to have connived with three companies said to be close to him to commit the offences preferred against him between 2007 and 2011.”
