Nigeria: Corruption - EFCC Withdraws Charges Against Ex-Governor, Sylva

1 June 2015

Abuja — ‪In a move to consolidate all the charges against former Bayelsa State governor, Timipre Sylva, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday withdrew the six-count charge of fraud before Justice E. S Chukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja.‬

‪The withdrawal, according to the EFCC, is to allow it consolidate the charges against the former governor, pending before two Federal High Courts in Abuja.‬

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