Trial of the former governor of Bayelsa State, Mr Timipre Sylva, who
is facing corruption charges preferred against him by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, kicked off on a dramatic note,
yesterday, as a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered his remand in prison
custody.
However, the order was reversed barely two minutes after it was made
yesterday, with presiding Justice Adamu Bello directing the EFCC to keep
the accused person in its custody till tomorrow when the merit of his
application for bail would be determined.
Shortly after, Sylva who was docked at exactly 11:20 a.m, pleaded not
guilty to the six-count criminal charge entered against him by the
anti-graft agency, his counsel, Chief Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, begged the
court to either grant him bail on self recognition or on liberal terms.
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