Former Minister of State for Petroleum Sources, Timipre Sylva, has written to the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee, EFCC, asking for a new date to seem over an alleged $14.8 million fraud.
Within the letter, dated November 24 and obtained by the EFCC on November 26, Sylva mentioned the plan to declare him needed was “pointless and too early.”
He defined that he’s present process pressing medical therapy for a life-threatening situation.
The previous Bayelsa State Governor added that he’s in contact together with his docs to know when will probably be secure to pause therapy and reply to the EFCC.
Sylva wrote: “In view of the foregoing, I most humbly request {that a} mutually agreed date be set, topic to medical clearance, to allow me to seem bodily.
“I belief that the target of your invitation isn’t to hurt me however to genuinely examine an alleged crime, through which case my request might be so as.
“For under the dwelling can absolutely and responsibly reply to any allegation, which I firmly deny.”
Sylva additionally reminded the EFCC that he had complied with a earlier invitation in December 2024, offered detailed explanations, and was granted administrative bail on self-recognition, with the understanding that he would solely be contacted once more if additional clarification was wanted.
EFCC declared Sylva needed on November 10, 2025, following a warrant issued on November 6, 2025, by a Federal Excessive Court docket in Lagos.
