According to the Bayelsa State branch of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Duoye Diri is putting more pressure on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to detain and prosecute Timipre Sylva on the basis of “trumped up charges.”

 

Doifie Buokoribo, the state spokesperson for the All Progressive Party (APC), stated on Monday, December 4, that Diri is ordering the anti-graft agency to detain and prosecute Mr. Sylva in order to prevent him from contesting his most recent election victory in court. He said that PDP and Diri are aware that they are in possession of a “stolen mandate,” which is why.

Buokoribo said;

 

“We are aware of Senator Diri’s devious activities at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission aimed at sponsoring invented petitions against Sylva, and the pressure he is mounting on officials of the commission to initiate arrest and prosecution against him on trumped-up charges, particularly, bordering on his tour of duty as Minister of State for Petroleum Resources.”

 

Responding to the claim, PDP’s spokesperson in Bayelsa State, Ebiye Ogoli said the APC is suffering from post-election trauma and its leaders need to be examined. He added that the APC in the state is engaging in misleading and vexatious propaganda.