Newly obtained troves of investigation records have thrown light on how Timipre Sylva, a former governor of the oil-rich Bayelsa State, sourced the money he allegedly threw at last year’s failed coup against President Bola Tinubu and his administration.
These findings came from reviewing the confidential files, containing over 7,400 pages, that investigators brought together for the prosecution of suspected conspirators who allegedly played various roles in the failed coup.
Many of these suspects are now facing charges at either the General Court Martial or the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The documents this newspaper reviewed include suspects’ extrajudicial statements, bank records, printouts of prime suspects’ secret text messages, the suspected coup leader’s hidden notes, and investigative reports.
A report from the files, which focused on Mr Sylva’s financial contributions to the coup, framed him as a “high net worth individual.”
