I will overcome corruption charges against me – Sylva

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Immediate past governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva who is presently facing corruption charges in
the court, yesterday expressed confidence about overcoming the
present persecution against him.

The ex-governor, who was interacting with State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu

Buhari at the Presidential Villa, identified what he is experiencing as a passing phase that would come to pass.  

Wondering why his case is being celebrated in the media, he pointed out that there had been many persons who
were invited quietly by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) without being publicised like his own case.

According to him, each time he had a case, his photographs would take over the front pages of newspapers the
following day.

On whether he knows where the persecution was coming from, he said he didn’t know.

But he said: “If somebody is dancing,
someone is beating the drum somewhere.”

He stressed that he was not the only former governor in the country.

“It is really uncalled for the way certain
people are trying to celebrate my case above every other case as if mine is the singular case. There have been cases there for a long time,” the former governor noted.

Sylva further noted that the All
Progressives Congress, APC, will come out of the present crisis rocking it at the National Assembly over the choice of leadership positions.

Those who were thinking that the crisis
would lead to the disintegration of the party, he said, were wrong as the party remains resilient and would emerge stronger after the present crisis.