The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief
Timipre Sylva has denied the allegation that he took monies from IOC's, the
NDDC or agencies within his ministry for the sake of the elections in Bayelsa.
Responding to the allegation by Coalition for
Transparency and Democratic Leadership, the Special Assistant on Media and
public affairs to Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of state for Petroleum
Resources, Julius Bokoru, he challenged the Coalition to produce evidence of
it's strange allegations.
On the allegation that former governor of Bayelsa
state and Minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva purportedly
acquired a certain facility for the conduct of the recent Gubernatorial
elections in Bayelsa State, Bokoru said that the allegations is by "far the pettiest and most
preposterous. Comical even, if you look at it without the bile of its engineers".
Further investigation further revealed that the
purported leader of the group doesn't seem to have any digital footprint save
for publications that seems to suggest he was arrested by the EFCC for claiming
to be a prophet and duping a victim the sum of 2.6 million naira.
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Bokoru called on Journalists to confirm and authenticate
their stories before publication as Journalism is a noble profession and there
is an enormous number of Nigerians practicing it with integrity and value.
"It is shocking this story
did not end at gossip blogs, where all unfounded, malicious and obviously
fabricated story belong, he concluded.
It will be recalled that the Coalition for
Transparency and Democratic Leadership has called on the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) to probe the alleged $30million used by the All
Progressive Congress (APC) during the 2019 Bayelsa gubernatorial election.
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