Former Bayelsa State Governor Timipre Sylva yesterday denied the corruption allegations levelled against him in a financial report.
The report, which was submitted by a committee set up to look into the financial status of the state, accused Sylva of mismanaging state funds.
The former governor accused the committee, headed by Timi Alaibe, of trying to witchhunting him for political reasons.
In a statement by his media aide, Doifie Ola, Sylva said: “Any normal investigation of government expenditure would try to demonstrate how the financial laws were flouted.
“The Alaibe committee did not attempt to do this.
“It simply compiled the incomes that accrued to Bayelsa State within a carefully selected period targeted to smear Sylva and assumed that there were no needs met in the period.
“The report did not demonstrate any flouting of the state’s financial laws and regulations.
“If anyone has proof of such contravention, they know where to go. And where to go is not an illegal committee unknown to the laws of Bayelsa State and Nigeria.
“The allegations thrown up by the power usurpers are too weighty to be handled by people with vested political interests in the state and whose track record and history smell of corruption.
“The report is at best biased, petty and heavily tainted. This is yet another manifestation of the constant distress in the camp of those who recently usurped power in Bayelsa State as they live in perpetual fear of Sylva and guilt of the harsh judgement of democratic humanity.”
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