Timi Frank, a former deputy spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has asked a magistrate court in Abuja to compel the police to investigate the credentials of Timipre Sylva, a former minister of state for petroleum resources.
In the direct criminal complaint case marked CV/WZ2/236/2023, Frank said Sylva, APC gubernatorial candidate in Bayelsa, might have committed forgery owing to alleged discrepancies in his credentials.
“Sometime in 2007, Chief Timipre Sylva presented himself before the Bayelsa state gubernatorial screening committee for election to the office of the executive governor of Bayelsa state and whilst so doing, presented conflicting or forged academic documents belonging to different individuals and thereby committed the offence of forgery contrary to sections 366 penal code,” court filings seen by TheCable read.
“Sometime in 2019 Chief Timipre Sylva while swearing under oath for the purpose of screening as minister of state for petroleum resources and whilst so doing presented conflicting or forged academic documents belonging different individuals to the federal house of representatives and senate respectively and thereby committed the offence of forgery contrary to sections 366 penal code.”
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In a supporting affidavit, the former APC spokesperson said there was no evidence that Sylva formally changed his name.
“That the complainant is crying for justice in this matter and only an intervention by the court can answer the cry. That it will be in the best interest of justice to bring the defendant to answer to the complaint.
“Based on the foregoing, the complainant humbly prays the honourable court to direct the Nigeria Police Force to carry out investigation of the alleged offences concerning the defendant.
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“Whereof the action of the defendant constitutes the offence of forgery contrary to section 366 of the penal code.”
The Bayelsa governorship election will be held in November.
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