{"id":13924,"date":"2013-05-30T17:24:35","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T16:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=13924"},"modified":"2013-05-30T17:24:35","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T16:24:35","slug":"efcc-opposes-ex-bayelsa-governor-sylvas-bid-to-travel-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/efcc-opposes-ex-bayelsa-governor-sylvas-bid-to-travel-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"EFCC Opposes Ex-Bayelsa Governor, Sylva\u2019s Bid To Travel Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal High Court, Abuja presided over by Adamu Bello on Tuesday adjourned to May 30, ruling on the application by\u00a0<strong>Timipre Sylva<\/strong>, former governor of\u00a0<strong>Bayelsa State<\/strong>, seeking the release of his International passport.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Sylva in his motion claimed that he wanted his international passport to enable him travel to the United Kingdom to attend to his wife who is to undergo a surgical operation.<\/p>\n<p>The former governor is being tried for allegedly misappropriating Bayelsa funds totaling N6.46 billion when he was governor.<\/p>\n<p>At the hearing, counsel to Mr. Sylva, O.I. Olorondaye, said he had filed a motion seeking the release of the applicant\u2019s international passport brought pursuant to section 33, 36 and 41 of the 1999 Constitution. The application was supported with an eleven paragraph affidavit and written address.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Olurondaye told the court that the former governor has given an undertaking that as soon as he returns from overseas, he will return the passport to the registrar of the court. He further stated that the accused person always come to court regularly.<\/p>\n<p>The defence counsel further told the court that the accused person surrendered himself voluntarily to the court in June 2012 when he was arraigned. He reminded the court that the passport was released to the accused last year to enable him travel and that upon his return, he brought it back to the court.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution counsel, John Ainetor, opposed the application. He asked the court to refuse and dismiss the application in the interest of justice. 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