The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) would re-arraign former Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State on Tuesday for allegedly laundering N19.2 billion.
According to the statement, Sylva and six others will be arraigned on a 42-count amended charge before Justice A. R. Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
“The other accused persons to be arraigned with the former governor are Francis Okuburo, Gbenga S. Balogun, Samuel Ogbuku, Marlin Maritime Limited, Eat Catering Services Limited and Haloween Blue Construction and Logistics Limited,” the News Agency of Nigeria quoted the EFCC spokesman as saying in the statement.
It said the re-arraignment followed fresh evidence linking the former governor with a bouquet of fraudulent transactions.
The statement added that the allegations borders on money laundering during his tenure as governor of Bayelsa State between 2009 and 2012
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