The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has declared former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and ex-Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva, wanted over a multimillion-dollar fraud case.
According to the anti-graft agency, Sylva is wanted in connection with an alleged conspiracy and dishonest conversion of $14,859,257, said to be part of the funds invested by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, into Atlantic International Refinery and Petrochemical Limited for the construction of a refinery.
In a public notice signed by EFCC’s spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, the commission said:
“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. Sylva, 61, is from Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
“This notice is pursuant to a November 6, 2025, warrant of the Lagos State High Court.
“Anybody with useful information as to his whereabouts should please contact the Commission in its Ibadan, Uyo, Sokoto, Maiduguri, Benin, Makurdi, Kaduna, Ilorin, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Port Harcourt or Abuja offices or through 08093322644; its e-mail address: [info@efcc.gov.ng](mailto:info@efcc.gov.ng) or the nearest Police Station and other security agencies.”
