Don’t interfere in Sylva’s corruption case, ex-aide urges Buhari
Former Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva
A leader of the All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa State, Chief Perekeme Kpodo, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to interfere in the corruption charges brought against former Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva.
Kpodo, who was a former Security Adviser to Sylva, said the President should give the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and judges handling the case free hands to try his former boss.
Kpodo, who spoke durring a news conference in Yenagoa on Sunday said the rearraignment of Sylva by the EFCC on charges bordering on corruption allegations was proper and in order.
He said, “Rearrangement of Sylva to court is the right step in the right direction. I also want to use this opportunity to thank President Muhammadu Buhari for who he is. He said it clearly that he belongs to nobody. So, nobody will think Buhari will support anybody who has a corruption case.
“When Sylva was discharged, a lot of people said it was because he is Buhari’s man, but we know that Buhari will not indulge in supporting criminality.
“Sylva is accused of over N19bn fraud. Look at Bayelsa State, we are still living in slum and squalor – no development, no road, nothing. And one man is being accused of stealing N19bn and some people want the case thrown out without trial, that is wrong. Is it because he was in Buhari’s transition committee and people want the matter to be quashed? No, let him face the full wrath of the law. My appeal is that President Buhari should not intervene in the case. He should give the court and the EFCC free hands to handle the case. Sylva should be tried and if they find him guilty, he should be jailed to serve as a deterrent to others.”
Source: PUNCH
A leader of the All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa State, Chief Perekeme Kpodo, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to interfere in the corruption charges brought against former Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva.
Kpodo, who was a former Security Adviser to Sylva, said the President should give the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and judges handling the case free hands to try his former boss.
Kpodo, who spoke durring a news conference in Yenagoa on Sunday said the rearraignment of Sylva by the EFCC on charges bordering on corruption allegations was proper and in order.
He said, “Rearrangement of Sylva to court is the right step in the right direction. I also want to use this opportunity to thank President Muhammadu Buhari for who he is. He said it clearly that he belongs to nobody. So, nobody will think Buhari will support anybody who has a corruption case.
“When Sylva was discharged, a lot of people said it was because he is Buhari’s man, but we know that Buhari will not indulge in supporting criminality.
“Sylva is accused of over N19bn fraud. Look at Bayelsa State, we are still living in slum and squalor – no development, no road, nothing. And one man is being accused of stealing N19bn and some people want the case thrown out without trial, that is wrong. Is it because he was in Buhari’s transition committee and people want the matter to be quashed? No, let him face the full wrath of the law. My appeal is that President Buhari should not intervene in the case. He should give the court and the EFCC free hands to handle the case. Sylva should be tried and if they find him guilty, he should be jailed to serve as a deterrent to others.”
Source: PUNCH
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