Again, Court dismissed the 50-count criminal charges against former governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva

In a report given by the Leadership;

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the 50-count fresh criminal charges brought against former governor of Bayelsa State, Chief   Timipre Sylva by the federal government.

Justice Adeniyi Ademola, who dismissed the charge held that the action of the federal government through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the endless prosecution of the former governor constituted a gross abuse of court processes that must not be encouraged.

The judge, while delivering ruling in a preliminary objection filed by Sylva against the fresh charge and third in the series, preferred against him said that it has been proved beyond reasonable doubt that the accused person was first put to trial in 2012 and later in 2013 and now 2015 on the same subject matter.

Justice Ademola said that the action of EFCC constituted a desperate and clear case of bias and harassment by seeking to get the accused persons convicted at all cost.