It seems all Bayelsa State Governors have a knack for running away from the long arm of the law if reports from the EFCC are to be believed.
Former governor, Alamieyeseigha is still eluding British law enforcement despite receiving a pardon from the Nigerian government.
Here is how the Tribune is reporting it:
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja that the former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, may escape trial if allowed to travel out of the country.
Sylva, who is standing trial before the court for alleged money laundering-related offences, is asking the court for permission to accompany his wife on a foreign trip.
When the matter came up on Tuesday, counsel for Sylva, O.I Olorundare, told the court that the ex-governor’s wife was scheduled for surgery in a United Kingdom (UK) hospital on May 31 and needed his company.
He therefore urged the court to release his international passport to enable him to embark on the trip.
He, however, promised to return for trial and to also return the passport to the custody of the court.
Sylva said the ground for his application was that it was part of the conditions attached to the bail granted him last June, to always seek the court’s leave before engaging in foreign trips.
However, EFCC, in objecting the application filed a counter affidavit to that effect.