•EFCC head office and Timipre Sylva
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has urged former Bayelsa State governor, Timipre Sylva, to make himself available for questioning.
The EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, stated this while reacting to Sylva’s allegation against the Commission, reports Daily Trust.
In his resignation letter from the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday, the former governor had alleged that the anti-graft agency had conducted itself more as an organ of the party than as an institution of the state.
According to Sylva, he had forwarded a copy of the letter to the EFCC, accusing the Commission of acting as an organ of the ruling party.
The former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources also accused the APC of abandoning its founding ideals and said the Tinubu administration had disappointed Nigerians.
He wrote, “As a founding member of the APC, and one who joined other well-meaning Nigerians in building the Party with sweat and money, it is deeply saddening to witness how the ideals we espoused have been so thoroughly and unrecognisably thwarted.
“Moreover, I cannot, in all good conscience, continue to belong to a Party whose leaders believe that ‘all is fair in politics;’ and have consistently demonstrated that belief in practice.
“All cannot be fair in any endeavour of life. The demands of basic decency and morality forbid it. Unfortunately, this mentality appears to underpin virtually every action, and even inaction, of this administration.”
However, responding to the allegation, Oyewale said, “He has been declared wanted; he should make himself available to the commission.”
It was earlier reported that the EFCC had declared Sylva wanted in November 2025 in connection with an alleged case of conspiracy and dishonest conversion involving $14,859,257.
Investigators have reportedly identified Sylva as an alleged principal financier of the plot, accusing him of contributing about N785m through Purple Waves Limited, an Abuja-based company.
