EFCC Insists Ex-governor Sylva Owns 48 Houses Traced to Him
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Posted On Oct 3, 2016
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has insisted that former Bayelsa Governor, Timipre Sylva owns the 48 houses under contention and that the commission had begun fresh moves to re-arraign Sylva before the Court of Appeal.
The position of the anti-graft agency is coming few hours after the ex-governor disagreed with the EFCC over the existence of 48 houses traced to him.
An earlier report quoting Punch had earlier stated that Sylva has retrieved the 48 houses from the EFCC, a report the ex-governor denied, adding that he only owns three houses in Abuja.
But the spokesman for the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, in a telephone conversation with Punch correspondent confirmed the existence of the houses.
According to him, the anti-graft agency had filed an appeal at the Appellate Court demanding that Sylva should not have access to the properties.
Uwujaren said, “I have just spoken to Mr. Rotimi Jacobs (SAN) who is in charge of the case. He confirmed to me that the EFCC has begun moves to appeal the case, which means that he (Sylva) should have no access to the houses.”
Some of the houses, according to Uwujaren, include: a mansion at 3, River Niger Street, Plot 3192 Cadastral Zone AO, Maitama District, Abuja; nine units (comprising six one-bedroom and three two-bedroom apartments) at 8, Sefadu Street, Wuse, Zone 2, Plot 262 Cadastral Zone AO2, Wuse, Abuja, and two duplexes at 5, Oguta Street, Plot 906 Cadastral Zone, Wuse II, Abuja.
Others include a duplex on Plot 1271 Nike Street, Cadastral Zone AO5, Maitama District, Abuja; a duplex at Phase 1 Unit No. 1 (Villa 1) Palm Springs Gold Estate, Cachez Turkey Projects Limited, Mpape, Abuja; 10 units of one-room apartments at 8 Mistrata Street, Plot 232 Cadastral Zone, Wuse II, Abuja; five units duplexes on Plot No 1070 Dakibiyu District, Cadastral Zone B10, Abuja; 16 units service apartments at Plot 1181 Thaba Tseka Crescent, off IBB Way, Wuse II, Abuja, and 3 units of three-bedroom flats at No. 1 Mubi Close, Plot 766 Cadastral Zone A01, Garki, Abuja.
