Alleged 19.2bn fraud: Court dismisses 50-count charge against Sylva

‎ABUJA  – Respite came the way of the former Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Timipre Sylva, Thursday, as the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, dismissed the 50-count criminal charge that was entered against ‎by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC‎.

Trial Justice Ademola Adeniyi  dismissed the charge on the ground that it constituted a gross abuse ‎of the judicial process.

He further barred the anti-graft agency from ever filing another charge against Sylva based on the facts of the case that was dismissed yesterday.

 

 

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