EFCC has declared Timipre Sylva wanted over $14.8 million refinery fraud.
Newsone Nigeria reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared the immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, wanted.
This online news platform understands that the Nigerian anti-graft agency said the former Bayelsa State governor is wanted in connection with an alleged case of Conspiracy and Dishonest Conversion of $14,859,257 in a statement issued on Monday, November 10, 2025.
— EFCC Nigeria (@officialEFCC) November 10, 2025
The statement reads thus; “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, florin, 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,” read a notice signed by EFCC’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale.
