The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared former Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Timipre Silva, wanted over alleged diversion of $14.8 million earmarked for the construction of a refinery.
This was disclosed in a notice posted by the EFCC and signed by Dele Oyewale, the Commission’s Head, Media & Publicity.
“The public is hereby notified that TIMIPRE SYLVA, a former Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, and former Governor of Bayelsa State, whose photograph appears above is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in an alleged case of Conspiracy and Dishonest Conversion of $14,859,257- part of funds injected by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) into Atlantic International Refinery and Petrochemical Limited for the construction of a Refinery,” the notice partly reads.
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According to the Commission, Sylva, 61, who hails from Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, is required to clear the air on the fresh allegations.
- The EFCC stressed that the notice is pursuant to a November 6, 2025 warrant of the Lagos State High Court.
- Anybody with useful information as to his whereabouts was advised contact the Commission in its Ibadan, Uyo, Sokoto, Maiduguri, Benin, Makurdi, Kaduna, llorin, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Port Harcourt or Abuja offices or through 08093322644; its e-mail address: info@efcc.gov.ng or the nearest Police Station and other security agencies.
- The development marks another round of high profile probe of an ex-public official.
