Pressure is mounting on former Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has renewed its demand that he appear for questioning over an alleged $14.86 million fraud.
The EFCC, which declared Sylva wanted in November 2025, said the former governor should make himself available to investigators to answer questions relating to the alleged financial offence.
EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, reiterated the commission’s position while responding to allegations made by Sylva following his resignation from the All Progressives Congress.
“He has been declared wanted; he should make himself available to the commission,” Oyewale said.
The commission had accused Sylva of conspiracy and dishonest conversion involving $14.859 million reportedly linked to funds injected by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board into Atlantic International Refinery and Petrochemical Limited for a refinery project.
The latest development comes shortly after Sylva announced his resignation from the APC, accusing the party of abandoning its founding ideals and criticising the administration of President Bola Tinubu.
In his resignation letter, Sylva also accused the EFCC of conducting itself as an organ of the ruling party rather than as an independent state institution.
The EFCC’s latest demand, however, centres on the existing investigation into the alleged $14.86 million financial offence.
Sylva has not been convicted of the allegation, and the matter remains subject to investigation and due legal process.
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