The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Timipre Sylva, a former Minister of Petroleum Resources and former Governor of Bayelsa State, “wanted.”
Mr. Sylva is wanted in connection with an alleged case of “conspiracy and dishonest conversion of $14,859,257 (Fourteen Million, Eight Hundred and Fifty Nine Thousand, Two Hundred and Fifty Seven United States Dollars).”
This money represents part of the funds injected by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) into the Atlantic International Refinery and Petrochemical Limited for the purpose of constructing a refinery.
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The EFCC secured a warrant for the arrest of the former Minister on November 6, 2025, at the Federal High Court in Lagos.
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 for the purpose of bringing him before the Commission to answer to the criminal offence he is alleged to have committed.”
The Commission has asked anyone with “useful information on his whereabouts to contact any of its Zonal Directorates across the country or the nearest Police Station and other security agencies.”
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