Ex-gov Sylva writes EFCC, seeks date for appearance

A former Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, has written to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) asking the commission to give him a date for his appearance. Sylva, a former Governor of Bayelsa State, in a letter he personally signed and addressed to the Chairman of the commission, particularly frowned on […]

A former Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, has written to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) asking the commission to give him a date for his appearance.

Sylva, a former Governor of Bayelsa State, in a letter he personally signed and addressed to the Chairman of the commission, particularly frowned on the move by the EFCC to declare him wanted over an alleged $14.8million fraud.

 

Sylva, in the letter dated November 24th, but was received and acknowledged by the EFCC on November 26th, however, informed the commission that he was currently receiving urgent medical care for a life-threatening condition.

 

The EFCC had on Monday, November 10, declared the former Minister wanted over an alleged $14.8million fraud.

 

He said he was in constant consultation with his medical team to know whether he could discontinue his treatment to enable him to present himself to the EFCC for interrogation.

 

He said: “In view of the foregoing, I most humbly request that a mutually agreed date be set, subject to medical clearance to enable me to appear physically and formally.

 

“I trust that the objective of your invitation is not to unalive, but to genuinely investigate an alleged crime, in which case my request will be in order. For only the living may appropriately, fully and responsibly respond to any allegation, which I firmly and respectfully deny”.