Alleged $14 Million Fraud: Ex-Petroleum Minister Sylva declared wanted

The immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum Resources in the late President Muhammadu Buhari administration, Timipreye Sylva has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

In a statement on Monday by the Spokesman for the anti-graft agency, Dele Oyewole which was made available to journalists in Abuja, declared the former Minister and former Governor of Bayelsa wanted after several attempts to reach failed.

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The statement alleged that Sylva conspired with other elements and dishonestly converted the sum of $14.859.2 government money to his personal use, revealing that the money was contributed by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) into Atlantic International Refinery and Petrochemical Limited for the construction of a Refinery.

EFCC said a warrant of arrest has been secured from a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos.

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”The Order, granted by Justice D.I. Dipeolu stated that, “an order is made issuing a warrant to the Applicant or any Officer of the Commission, Police or any law enforcement officer for the arrest of the Respondent.

”This for the purpose of bringing him before the Commission to answer to the criminal offence he is alleged to have committed,” he said.

The EFCC enjoins Nigerians to offer information about the whereabout of Timipreye Sylva to facilitate his arrest for prosecution.

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